New Delhi: SpiceJet will launch non-stop flights connecting Delhi and Mumbai with London from December 4, informed Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet on Monday.
These flights will operate under the air bubble agreement with the UK, the airline said in a statement.
Addressing media via video conferencing, Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet said, "I am extremely pleased to share that SpiceJet will launch flights to London Heathrow Airport beginning December this year. This is a huge milestone for us and I am proud of the fact that SpiceJet will be the first Indian low- cost airline to operate non-stop long haul flights to the UK."
"From repatriating over 1.3 lakh Indian nationals from across the globe including Amsterdam, Toronto, Moscow, Rome and London to operating wide-body passenger and cargo flights to now starting flights to Heathrow, the last few months have been very significant for us," he added.
The airline said that it will be using an Airbus A330-900 Neo aircraft for these flights. The 371-seater twin-aisle A330 has a configuration of 353 economy and business class seats.
The airline is offering all-inclusive introductory return promotional fare starting at INR 53,555/- on both Delhi-London-Delhi and Mumbai-London- Mumbai routes. The one where starting fair will be INR 25,555/- on Delhi-London routes and INR 29,555/- on London-Delhi and London-Mumbai routes.
SpiceJet will connect Delhi with London quiz Ave and Mumbai with London once-a-week. From Delhi, SpiceJet it will depart at 1:00 p.m. (Local Time) on every Friday and Sunday and reach London at 5:30 p.m. (Local Time) on the same day.
Recently, full-service carrier Vistara had also announced flights to London.
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