16 Facts About SpiceJet

SpiceJet is an Indian budget airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana.

Origins of SpiceJet can be tracked back to March 1984 when the company was established by Indian industrialist S K Modi to provide private air taxi services.

SpiceJet opened bookings on 18 May 2005 and the first flight was operated between Delhi and Mumbai on 24 May 2005.

On 9 January 2012, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, reported that several airlines in India, including SpiceJet, have not maintained crucial data for the flight operations quality assurance.

SpiceJet entered into an inter airline pact with Tigerair on 16 December 2013 which was scrapped in January 2015.

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SpiceExpress—the logistics arm of SpiceJet airline—has helped to keep the company afloat during the pandemic amid drastic drop in passenger business.

In May 2022, Directorate General of Civil Aviation started a safety investigation into SpiceJet's aircraft following a series of incidents involving malfunctioning plane equipment, including an incident where a flight from Mumbai to Durgapur experienced severe turbulence that injured 12 passengers and 3 crew members.

In July 2022, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation has imposed restrictions on SpiceJet flights following reports of continuous technical glitches.

SpiceJet Limited is publicly traded under NSE: SPICEJET, with a market capitalization of about ?2,214.

SpiceJet launched flights from Delhi to Kathmandu and Chennai to Colombo and the first international flight took off on 7 October 2010 from Delhi.

On 9 December 2010, Bombardier Aerospace announced that SpiceJet had placed a firm order for fifteen Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners with options for another fifteen.

In 2015, SpiceJet was in talks with both Boeing and Airbus for a possible order of more than 100 single aisle aircraft, either Airbus A320neo or the Boeing 737 MAX with the same being confirmed by managing director, Ajay Singh, in a conference in Dubai.

SpiceJet has moved away from the typical low-cost carrier service model of economy class-only seating.

SpiceJet operates its frequent-flyer programme but does not provide any in-flight entertainment options.

SpiceJet has partnered with Tripfactory and EaseMyTrip for selling holiday packages on its platform.

Spice Shuttle is a fully owned subsidiary of SpiceJet which operates sea planes and several other shuttle airplane services.