Thiruvananthapuram: Budget airline Spicejet has launched daily flights to Hyderabad and Chennai from here, as a part of its plans to connect 12 tier-II and -III cities across the country.
The services, which began on Thursday with the arrival of the first flight from Hyderabad, will be mostly operated by the airline's fleet of Q400 Nextgen Turbotrop aircraft, Spicejet CEO Neil Raymond Mills told reporters on Friday.
"Spicejet has been fast expanding its domestic footprint with Q400 Nexgen turbotrop aircraft from Bombardier. Its fleet addition aims at enhancing air connectivity to tier-II and III destinations including Aurangabad, Bhopal, Goa, Nagpur, Pune, Rajamundhry, Pune, Tirupati, Trivandrum and Vijayawada," he said.
The new services offer "affordable and competitive" rates to travellers, the airline official said.
The airline had placed orders for a total of 30 Q400 Nexgen which can accommodate 78 passengers and are widely accepted as an ideal short-haul flights.
Five aircraft have already been delivered and another two are expected by this month end.
The airlines had recently announced the addition of Tiruchirappalli as its 30th destination, he said.
PTI
First Published: Friday, October 07, 2011, 19:24