About SPICE JET
SpiceJet is a low-cost airline based in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. As of March 2019, it was the country's second-largest airline by number of domestic passengers carried, with a market share of 13.6 percent. From its hubs in Delhi and Hyderabad, the airline offers 630 daily flights to 64 destinations, including 54 Indian and 15 international destinations.
In 1994, the firm was founded as ModiLuft, an air taxi service, but in 2004 it was purchased by Indian entrepreneur Ajay Singh and renamed SpiceJet. In May 2005, the airline flew its inaugural trip. In June 2010, Indian media mogul Kalanidhi Maran purchased a majority stake in SpiceJet through Sun Group, which he later sold to Ajay Singh in January 2015. The airline's fleet consists of Boeing 737 and Bombardier Dash 8 planes.
SpiceJet was granted international flights by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on September 7, 2010, after completing five years of flying. SpiceJet began flying from Delhi to Kathmandu and Chennai to Colombo, with the first international flight departing from Delhi on October 7, 2010.