By Ahmed Abdul Wasey

INDIA’s favorite airline recently launched a daily non- stop flight between Hyderabad and Jeddah making Jeddah Spice Jet’s ninth international destination and third destination in the Middle East.

Ajay Singh, Chairman and Managing Director, SpiceJet , said “it is a moment of great pride for us as we introduce Jeddah as our ninth international destination thus becoming the first Indian budget airline to fly to Saud Arabia. Our new flight from Hyderabad will greatly benefit the thousands of pilgrims travelling to Saudi Arabia and SpiceJet promises an unparalleled experience to

all our guests.”

Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia, is also the country’s commercial capital. The city lays in close proximity to the pilgrim destinations of Makkah and Madinah and its King Abdulaziz International Airport acts as one of the main transit points for thousands of Hajj Pilgrims and tourists across the globe. SpiceJet’s flight SG 33 departs from Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi International Airport at 06:00 am (all local times) and arrives in Jeddah at 09.50 am on the same day. The return Flight SG34 departs at 11:05am and reaches Hyderabad at 07: 35 pm. Passengers flying to Hyderabad are able to access SpeicJet’s fifty domestic connections thereby making it convenient for both business and leisure travelers. The news service enables Spice Jet to provide over 2500 seats per week on the sector.

Effective 20 April 2019. SpiceJet will introduce its second frequency to Jeddah, a daily direct flight to Kozhikode.

SpiceJet’s flight SG792 will depart from Kozhikode at 05:35am (all local times) and arrive in Jeddah at 08:35 am on the same day. The return flight SG 793 will depart at 09: 45 am and reach Kozhikode at 06.05am. Passengers flying from Jeddah can also easily travel to a host of other cities on SpiceJet’s domestic network via multiple onward connections from Kozhikode.

G P Gupta Chief Strategy officer of SpiceJet , Said we are delighted to announce the launch of our new flight connecting Kozhikode with Jeddah right after announcing direct flight connecting the key pilgrim destination to Hyderabad. We are very sure that the new flight will benefit thousands travelling between the two cities for pilgrimage, business or leisure.

Honorable Consul General of India, Noor Rahman Sheikh was also present in the function at Jeddah airport on the occasion of inaugural flight of SpiceJet from Jeddah to Hyderabad. He conveyed his best wishes to the SpiceJet team on commencing this flight. He also expressed confidence that with more destinations being opened from Jeddah to various airports in India, it would help the large number of Indians and Saudis to travel between India and Saudi Arabia. — SG