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SpiceJet Profit Rises 33% To Rs 73 Crore In December Quarter

Business | ANI | Friday February 14, 2020

The Gurugram-based airline's revenue rose 47 per cent to Rs 3,647 crore as against Rs 2,487 crore for the same quarter last year.

2 SpiceJet Pilots Suspended For Improper Landing At Mangalore Airport

India News | Edited by Stela Dey | Friday February 14, 2020

Two SpiceJet pilots have been suspended today for an improper landing at Mangalore Airport which damaged three runway edge lights. The incident took place on October 31 last year when the private carrier's aircraft was returning from Dubai.

Passenger On Bangkok-Delhi Flight Suspected Of Coronavirus: SpiceJet

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday February 13, 2020

A passenger on board a Bangkok-Delhi flight was quarantined on Thursday after he was suspected of having contracted the novel coronavirus, SpiceJet said.

Boeing To Set Up 737 Max Simulator In India, Says SpiceJet Chairman

India News | Anurag Kotoky and Kyunghee Park, Bloomberg | Thursday February 13, 2020

Boeing Co. agreed to set up a simulator for 737 Max jets in India and will bear the full cost, a key Indian customer said, as the U.S. planemaker steps up efforts to bring the grounded jet back to service.

Man Sits In Front Of Plane About To Take Off In Bhopal, Damages Chopper

Bhopal News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday February 3, 2020

A 20-year-old man who entered the aircraft parking bay at Bhopal airport and allegedly damaged a helicopter has been detained. After damaging the nose cone of the helicopter, the man sat down in front of a SpiceJet plane that was spooling its engines for take-off, the police said.

SpiceJet Database Breach Exposed Details of Over 1.2 Million Passengers: Report

Abhinav Lal | Thursday January 30, 2020

SpiceJet was reportedly affected by a security flaw that exposed private details of more than 1.2 million passengers, including flight information. The information is said to have been found in an unencrypted database file after a security researcher gained access to a SpiceJet system by brute forcing the password.

As 4 Airlines Ground Comedian Kunal Kamra, Twitter Flags "Hypocrisy"

India News | Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Wednesday January 29, 2020

Moments after comedian Kunal Kamra was banned by IndiGo Airlines for heckling a TV channel editor on one of its flights on Tuesday, the government announced that it was urging other airlines to do the same. On cue, Air India, SpiceJet and GoAir declared they had banned Mr Kamra.

"...No Money, No Honey": SpiceJet Official Asks Pilots To Check Priorities

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 21, 2020

A senior SpiceJet executive has asked pilots flying its Q400 aircraft to follow "some work ethics", telling them in an email that if they don't get a salary for a month they will automatically give up the "trivial" issues that are taking priority over flight operations.

SpiceJet Plane Makes Emergency Landing In Chennai Due To Tech Problem

India News | Edited by Anuj Pant | Monday January 13, 2020

A SpiceJet plane today made an emergency landing at Chennai airport because of a technical problem.

More Airlines To Shut Operations If Predatory Fare Pricing Continues: Aviation Minister

Business | Press Trust of India | Wednesday January 1, 2020

IndiGo and SpiceJet, two of the country's biggest airlines, reported losses of Rs 1,062 crore and Rs 463 crore respectively in the second quarter of 2019-20.

Students Protest Against Pragya Thakur Days After BJP MP's SpiceJet Video

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday December 25, 2019

Pragya Thakur, who made headlines on Saturday for a public spat on a commercial flight, waded into more controversy after attempts to meet protesting college students in Bhopal led to tense moments between BJP supporters and students

Watch: Pragya Thakur Tells SpiceJet Fliers "First Class Seat My Right"

India News | Reported by Anurag Dwary, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday December 24, 2019

Two days after a disagreement between BJP MP Pragya Thakur and air staffers over seating arrangements resulted in the delay of a Delhi-Bhopal SpiceJet flight, a video of the incident showed the politician arguing with other passengers over the inconvenience they were being subjected to on her account.

3 SpiceJet Flights, Grounded Over "Potential Defect", To Begin Operations

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday December 23, 2019

SpiceJet has said that three of its B737 freighter aircraft, which were grounded earlier this month due to a "potential defect", would return to operation today.

SpiceJet's Reply After BJP's Pragya Thakur Complains About Seat Allotment

India News | ANI | Sunday December 22, 2019

SpiceJet, in its clarification, said BJP leader Pragya Thakur was not allowed to sit on the pre-allotted seat as rules do not allow a "passenger on wheelchair" to be seated in the emergency row due to safety reasons

BJP's Pragya Thakur Files Complaint Against SpiceJet Over Seat Allotment

India News | Press Trust of India | Sunday December 22, 2019

BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur on Saturday filed a complaint against private airline SpiceJet for allegedly denying her the seat she had booked during a Delhi-Bhopal flight.