Budget carrier SpiceJet is likely to add 20 aircraft to its fleet in 2019 with the majority of them being Boeing 737 Max. The Boeing Max will allow the airline to fly to countries that are up to eight hours away from India. “This opens up new markets in China and countries in the Commonwealth of Independent States,” Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director, SpiceJet, said on the sidelines of the CAPA India summit. The Gurgaon-based carrier recently added Jeddah in Saudi Arabia as its ninth international destination.
In the third quarter of FY19, the low-cost airline added 12 new planes — nine Boeing 737 Max aircraft and three Q400s — taking the fleet size to 74 aircraft. In the first two quarters of FY19, the airline had added just one.
