SpiceJet has for the first time started scheduled flights to Europe, after operating several medium to long-haul charters during COVID.
The budget carrier will fly its Boeing 737 Max twice a week between Amritsar and Rome Fiumicino, and thrice-weekly between Amritsar and Milan Bergamo said an airline official. These flights will take a 40-minute technical halt in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi where the operating crew — both pilots and cabin crew — will change both on the way out of India and back home.
“We used to operate a lot of charters to North America and Europe during COVID. There is a significant demand to travel on some of those routes on which we used to operate charters. Hence we have started scheduled Italy flights (with a technical halt for fuelling and crew change) from Wednesday. This is the first time we will be operating regular scheduled flights to Europe,” said a SpiceJet official.
The airline on Wednesday tweeted, “Captured a wonderful moment when India and Italy were on the way to create a new journey. It was a great honour and a pleasure to meet the ambassador of Italy Vincenzo De Luca.”
Source: TOI
