Indian low cost carrier SpiceJet has added Jodhpur, Rajasthan to its network. The airline will begin flights to Rajasthan’s second largest city in November in line with busy winter season travel starts.
Khamma Ghani, Jodhpur
As of 1st November 2021, SpiceJet will operate 6-weekly flights between Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and Jodhpur Airport. The flights will run with the following schedule:
- Mumbai-Jodhpur
- Departure time: 09:15
- Arrival time: 11:00
- Flight time: 1 hour and 45 minutes
- Flight number: SG8133
- Frequency: All days except Sundays
- Jodhpur-Mumbai
- Departure time: 11:30
- Arrival time: 13:10
- Flight time: 1 hour and 40 minutes
- Flight number: SG8164
- Frequency: All days except Sundays
Flights on the Mumbai-Jodhpur-Mumbai route will be operated by a Boeing B737.
Starting 1st November 2021, the carrier will operate flights between Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport and Jodhpur Airport 5-times-a-week. The timings of the flights are:
- Delhi-Jodhpur
- Departure time: 14:25
- Arrival time: 13:45
- Flight time: 1 hour and 20 minutes
- Flight number: SG2695
- Frequency: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
- Jodhpur-Delhi
- Departure time: 16:05
- Arrival time: 17:20
- Flight time: 1 hour and 15 minutes
- Flight number: SG2696
- Frequency: Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays
SpiceJet will deploy its Bombardier Dash-8 Q400 aircraft on flights between Delhi and Jodhpur.
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5th destination in Rajasthan
Jodhpur will be SpiceJet’s 5 destination in Rajasthan after Jaipur, Udaipur, Kishangarh (Ajmer) and Jaisalmer.
The airline operates flights to Jaipur from Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Dehradun, Delhi, Guwahati, Gwalior, Jaisalmer (begins 31st October 2021), Jalandhar (begins 1st October 2021), Mumbai, Pune, Surat, Udaipur and Varanasi (begins 31st October 2021). The Delhi-based carrier operates flights to Udaipur from Ahmedabad, Chennai, Delhi, Jaipur and Mumbai.
SpiceJet started service to Kishangarh under Indian government’s Regional Connectivity service with flights from Ahmedabad, Delhi, Hyderabad and Mumbai. And finally, the airline serves Jaisalmer with flights from Ahmedabad, Delhi and Jaipur (all flights scheduled to resume on 31st October 2021).
Competition
On Mumbai-Jodhpur flights, SpiceJet will compete with Vistara, Indigo and Air India, all of which operate daily flights on the route. Likewise, SpiceJet will compete with Vistara, Indigo and Air India on Delhi-Jodhpur flights. All three of them have daily service to Jodhpur from Delhi.
Meanwhile, SpiceJet recently announced 42 new domestic and international flights including flights to Maldives as the country is now welcoming travellers from India. The airline has also announced flights from Hyderabad to Kochi; from Hyderabad to Visakhapatnam and Guwahati and between Belagavi and Delhi. SpiceJet yesterday announced five new flights from Guwahati. A few days ago, the airline announced 10 new flights including flights between Bhavnagar and Surat. SpiceJet passengers can now book airport transfers inflight on Spicescreen. The airline has also started trials of the IATA Travel Pass on the Mumbai-Male-Mumbai route and has launched flights between Ahmedabad and Amritsar. SpiceJet has also resumed flights between Ahmedabad and Dubai and launched 38 new domestic and international flights. The airline will increase frequency of flights between Delhi and Rajkot in October 2021.
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