Its good to be working for an organisation which is growing and where the management's ambitions match the giant opportunities in the market place. Having just been appointed to assist with the generatoin of sales from the UK market by the dynamic carrrier, Spice Jet we learn that they have placed an order for  30 brand new Bombardier jets in a deal worth up to 900 million dollars.

SpiceJet have ordered 15 turboprop planes along with an option to buy 15 more as part of a drive to boost services to smaller cities in India as demand for air travel expands. "The enormous potential in the Indian domestic market can be further tapped by enhancing regional connectivity in the country by focusing on" smaller cities, said SpiceJet chief executive Neil Mills. The budget carrier, partly owned by media magnate Kalanithi Maran, is "buying the Q400 NextGen turboprop aircraft from Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. to facilitate this objective," he said. The Q400 is rated "the quietest, most vibration-free" turboprop in the skies and uses up to 40 percent less fuel than comparable regional jets, Mills said in an emailed statement.

The company, which has a 13 percent market share with its 22 aircraft, is looking "at an aggressive addition to our fleet". Deliveries of the Q400, the first ever to India, are due to begin in the first half of 2011, SpiceJet said. Low-fare carriers increased their share of the passenger market to 71 percent from 61 percent in the three months to September from a year earlier. The plane purchase announcement came as the airline reported it swung to a profit of 101 million rupees (2.30 million dollars) in the three months ended September from a loss of one billion rupees a year earlier. Maran, founder of India's Sun TV, owns a 31 percent interest in SpiceJet through his unlisted aviation firm Kal Airways Pvt. (reporting from AFP)

In a world where airlines are having to work harder to survive and be inventive to thrive its great to work with an airline that's expanding.. because it can !

UK reservations for SpiceJet on 0871 744707.

 

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