Aviation

SpiceJet launches 10 new UDAN flights, 8 connecting Gwalior

SpiceJet has launched eight new daily direct flights to Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh under UDAN (Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. Gwalior will be SpiceJet’s 11th destination under the regional connectivity scheme.

In addition to the eight new flights to Gwalior, SpiceJet has also announced four new daily flights connecting Bhopal including the Bhopal-Udaipur UDAN flight.

Gwalior will be SpiceJet’s 52nd domestic destination. SpiceJet will be the first and the only airline to offer daily direct flights on the Gwalior-Hyderabad-Gwalior, Gwalior-Jammu-Gwalior, Gwalior-Bengaluru-Gwalior and Gwalior-Kolkata-Gwalior sectors.

Narendra Singh Tomar, Minister, Rural Development, Panchayat Raj, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of India, was handed over the first ticket for the Gwalior-Jammu/Hyderabad-Gwalior flight by Ajay Singh, Chairman and MD, SpiceJet, thus announcing the new flights to SpiceJet’s 11th UDAN destination.

“In the last three days, SpiceJet has announced the launch of 16 new UDAN flights reiterating our commitment to providing air connectivity to the smaller towns and cities of India and our steadfast support to the government’s regional connectivity scheme. No airline has ever announced ten new UDAN flights in a day as we do today from this historic city of Gwalior,” said Singh.