New Delhi, August 14, 2012: In its endeavor to encourage sports and to cheer the victory of Indian sportspersons in London Olympics 2012, SpiceJet Ltd has decided to provide free air tickets for life to all Indian medal winners at the London Olympics 2012.
SpiceJet Ltd, India’s most preferred budget airline, is proud to be associated with these winners who brought great moments of achievements for India at this gathering of sportspersons from across the globe.
It is an effort of SpiceJet to be part of sports that has impacts on national mood, affects wellness and contributes to the prestige and honour of the nation.
London Olympics 2012 was a historical game for India as Sushil Kumar’s victory of silver medal in the 66 kg freestyle wrestling event made him the first Indian to win back-to-back individual medals in the Olympic Games. With Sushil’s medal also helped India to complete the 30th edition of Game with a record haul of six medals.
“I, on the behalf of entire SpiceJet family, congratulate all the Indian medal winners, for their extraordinary achievements. I also praise the effort of all the other athletes who represented India in the London Olympics. The Nation is proud of their unprecedented performance. It is a matter of great honour for us to be associated with the sportspersons who brought recognition for India at London Olympics 2012.” SpiceJet Ltd Chief Executive Officer Mr. Neil Mills said.
“The victory of Sushil Kumar, Yogeshwar Dutt, Vijay Kumar, MC Mary Kom, Saina Nehwal and Gagan Narang proves their hard work and commitment to their respective fields.” he added.
About SpiceJet:
SpiceJet is India’s most preferred airline, with 18.6% of market share in Indian domestic market, delivering the lowest air fares with the highest consumer value. The airline currently operates more than 300 daily flights to 37 Indian cities and 4 international destinations.
The city of Agartala, Ahmadabad, Bangalore, Baghdogra, Calicut, Chennai, Coimbatore, Delhi, Guwahati, Goa, Hyderabad, Jammu, Jaipur, Kochi, Kolkata, Madurai, Mangalore, Mumbai, Pune, Port Blair, Srinagar, Surat, Varanasi and Vishakhapatnam and three international destinations, Dubai, Kathmandu , Colombo and Kabul are connected using our new generation fleet of 35 Boeing 737-800/ 900ER aircraft which are of highest standard in safety and operating efficiency.
Spicejet has acquired 12 new Bombardier Q400 aircraft for enhancing connectivity to Tier II and Tier III cities. On this aircraft SpiceJet now flies to Amritsar, Aurangabad, Bangalore, Bhopal, Calicut, Chennai, Chandigarh, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Kochi, Madurai, Mangalore, Rajahmundry, Srinagar, Tirupati, Trichy, Trivandrum, Tuticorin, Vijayawada, and Vizag.
SpiceJet is the winner of:
· India’s Most Outstanding Airline LCC-Domestic Award, by Travel and Hospitality, Feb 2012.
· Voted amongst the Top 5 Best Budget Airline in Asia – Smart Travel Asia
· Awarded for Best Website at ‘World Low Cost Airlines Asia Pacific Conference’, 2010 & 2012.
· Voted as India’s Best Low Cost Airline for 3 consecutive years by Outlook Traveler
· India’s best low-fare airline in a survey conducted by MaRs on behalf of Hindustan Times (Dec 2009)
· World Travel Market Award for multi-channel approach in distribution (November 2009, London)
· National Award (ICWAI) for excellence in Cost Management (March 2009)
· CIO 100 Award for IT efforts for customer satisfaction and business growth (2007, 2008, 2009 & 2011)
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