SpiceJet to open first international hub in UAE, using now-grounded Boeing 737 Max
RAS AL-KHAIMAH (UAE): India’s low-cost airline SpiceJetNSE 0.09 % announced plans Wednesday to build its first international hub in the United Arab Emirates, offering support to embattled Boeing Co. by saying it would use now-grounded 737 Max aircraft in the operation, once regulators approve the planes for flight.
The hub would be in Ras al-Khaimah, the UAE’s northern-most sheikhdom, with SpiceJet chairman and managing director Ajay Singh saying India’s second-largest airline would use it to extend its range as far as Western Europe. SpiceJet flights between New Delhi and Ras al-Khaimah should begin in December, Singh said.
