The Delhi High Court on Monday extended the interim protection of Ajay Singh, Promoter and Managing Director of Spicejet, in an alleged cheating case, till November 29, 2022. The bench of Justice Anoop Kumar Mendiratta on September 8, 2022, said an additional standing counsel appeared for the state to seek time to verify […]
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SpiceJet Nashik-bound flight turns midway to Delhi after ‘autopilot’ snag
Airline SpiceJet’s Boeing-737 on Thursday returned to Delhi after taking off from Indira Gandhi International Airport. Reportedly, an aircraft VT-SLP of SpiceJet, that took off for Nashik in Maharashtra from New Delhi airport returned after experiencing a malfunction in the flight’s autopilot system informed the Directorate General of Civil Aviation […]
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SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh mulls stake sale, say sources
SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh is mulling the possibility of a partial stake sale in the airline, according to sources. Singh currently reportedly holds a majority 60 per cent in the airline said the company continues to be in discussions with various investors to secure financing. “The company continues to be […]
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Delhi HC dismisses PIL to stop SpiceJet from operating
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) that sought direction to the Centre and concerned authorities to stop the operation of SpiceJet Airlines stating several incidents of technical glitches occurred in its aircraft recently. A bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad […]
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SpiceJet director booked for allegedly duping businessman of lakhs, airline calls case ‘frivolous’
A case of fraud has been registered against the chairman and managing director of an airline for allegedly cheating a businessman of crores of shares on the pretext of allotting him the company’s shares. The person named in the FIR is identified as Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director of […]
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SpiceJet refutes reports of windshield crack and surprise check by DGCA
Indian budget airline SpiceJet on Monday refuted reports claiming the windshield of an aircraft cracked minutes after its departure from Chennai and another flight was delayed by six hours after a surprise inspection called by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). There were reports in the media that a SpiceJet flight […]
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SpiceJet calls for 10-15 pc hike in airfares amid depreciation of rupee, rise in jet fuel prices
In the wake of rising prices of jet fuel and the depreciation of the Indian Rupee, India’s low-cost airline SpiceJet on Thursday called for 10-15 per cent hikes in airfares to sustain the operation. SpiceJet Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) Ajay Singh on Thursday said there is no option left other than […]
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SpiceJet tells SC matter with Credit Suisse settled; seeks urgent hearing against winding up order
Private airlines company SpiceJet Limited on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it has reached a settlement over its outstanding dues with Swiss company Credit Suisse and sought an urgent listing of its plea challenging the winding order passed by the Madras High Court. The plea for urgent listing of […]
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Spicejet faces ransomware attack; flights impacted
Hundreds of SpiceJet airlines passengers were stranded at various airports due to a ransomware attack that impacted the morning flight departures on Wednesday. Confirming the development, a spokesperson informed that a ransomware attack on Tuesday night had slowed down the departure of flights today morning. “Certain SpiceJet systems faced an […]
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Durgapur SpiceJet turbulence an eye-opener, DGCA starts night checks of aircraft cabins
Following the recent incident where passengers on a flight sustained injuries after it ran into turbulence, Aviation regulator Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), led by Director General Arun Kumar, has launched surprise inspections at several major airports in the country to check on issues of aircraft fitness and cabin […]
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SpiceJet to operate four more special flights to Slovakia, Romania to evacuate stranded Indians
SpiceJet will operate special evacuation flights from Kosice in Slovakia on March 3 and 4 and from Bucharest in Romania on March 4 and 6 to bring back home Indian nationals stranded in Ukraine. The airline will use its Boeing 737 MAX aircraft for these special flights. SpiceJet will operate ferry flights […]
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SpiceJet adds Khajuraho to its network, to operate flights twice weekly
SpiceJet on Friday announced the addition of Khajuraho to its network as its 15th UDAN destination. Union Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia inaugurated SpiceJet’s direct flight from Delhi to Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh. “We aim to construct 100 new airports by 2025, out of which 65 have been built. There were 6 crore passengers in […]
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SpiceJet signs MoU with Avenue Capital for sale and lease-back of 50 aircraft
Private airline SpiceJet has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with New York-based Avenue Capital Group for a strategic alliance in respect of the financing, acquisition, and sale and lease-back of 50 new planes to be ordered by the airline. The MoU sets out next steps and conditions upon which Avenue will assist with placing SpiceJet’s new […]
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SpiceJet halves net loss sequentially to Rs 57 crore in Q3
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday reported a net loss of Rs 57 crore for the quarter ending December 31, 2020, as against a loss of Rs 112 crore in Q2 FY21. Total income was Rs 1,907 crore as against Rs 1,305 crore while expenses were Rs 1,964 crore as compared to Rs 1,418 crore in […]
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SpiceJet Freighter Division Launches Real-Time Tracking Service
Low-cost airline SpiceJet’s dedicated freighter division SpiceXpress on Monday introduced SpiceTag, a real-time tracking service which includes auto-generated notification and shipment status report, among others, for its partners and cargo agents. The service will be available to both door-to-door domestic cargo as well as airport-to-airport domestic services, SpiceJet said in […]