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GURUGRAM, July 3, 2018: SpiceJet, the country’s favourite airline,
today flagged-off its first daily direct flight between Kanpur and Delhi. The
inaugural event was graced by Shri Yogi Adityanath, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Uttar
Pradesh, Shri Suresh Prabhu, Hon’ble Minister of Commerce & Industry and Civil
Aviation, Smt. Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti, Hon’ble Minister of State for Food Processing
Industries, Shri Murli Manohar Joshi, Hon’ble Member of Parliament and Shri Ajay
Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, SpiceJet. Kanpur is SpiceJet’s
seventh destination under UDAN.
The airline hosted a flag-off ceremony at Ganesh Shanker Vidyarthi Airport at Kanpur
which was graced by many other dignitaries. A customary lamp lighting ceremony was
organised marking the inauguration of the operations and the first passenger was
welcomed by SpiceJet officials and gifted a memento.
With the commencement of operations to Kanpur, SpiceJet is now operating on all sectors
allotted to the airline under the first phase of UDAN and has also begun operations to
airports like Hubli that it bagged in the second phase of UDAN.
With the launch of flight services passengers from Kanpur can now conveniently travel to
a host of other cities both on SpiceJet’s domestic as well as international network via
multiple onward connections from Delhi. SpiceJet received an overwhelming response for
its first voyage as it flew to and from Kanpur.
Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet said “SpiceJet is
proud to connect Kanpur with Delhi and multiple domestic and international destinations
on our network. Kanpur, regarded as the commercial capital of Uttar Pradesh and one of
the major industrial hubs of India has for long deserved to hold a prominent position
on the country’s aviation map. Being connected to Delhi will enhance the city’s
business potential while benefitting both business and leisure travellers with enhanced
connectivity options.”
“SpiceJet has been the most enthusiastic supporter of UDAN since the very beginning.
July also marks a landmark year of SpiceJet operating flights under UDAN. With the
addition of Kanpur, SpiceJet will operate 15 daily flights under UDAN and we see a huge
potential in all these routes. We look forward to beginning operations on the other
remaining routes very soon” he added.
In line with the aviation tradition to mark key milestones, SpiceJet’s SG 8745 upon its
arrival at Kanpur was greeted with a grand water cannon salute. Passengers were adorned
with ‘Raj Tilak’.
With the addition of the Delhi-Kanpur-Delhi flight, SpiceJet now operates 15 flights
under UDAN on the routes of --- Mumbai-Porbandar, Mumbai-Kandla-Mumbai,
Hyderabad-Puducherry-Hyderabad, Jaipur-Jaisalmer-Jaipur, Delhi-Adampur-Delhi,
Chennai-Hubli-Chennai and Hyderabad-Hubli-Hyderabad.
Flight Schedule:
| Flight No. |
Origin |
Destination |
Departure |
Arrival |
Frequency |
| SG 8745 |
Delhi (Terminal 2) |
Kanpur |
12:00 noon |
1:15 pm |
Daily |
| SG 8746 |
Kanpur |
Delhi (Terminal 2) |
1:35 pm |
2:55 pm |
Daily |
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