Destinations
Revenue Passenger Kilometres (Total)| Year | Traffic |
|---|---|
| 2008 | 4397 |
| 2009 | 4819 |
| 2010 | 6807 |
| 2011 | 8639 |
| 2012 | 10322 |
Spicejet is currently operating over 330 flights daily to 54 (47 Indian and 7 international) destinations. The airline flies Boeing 737-800 and -900ERs to Tier I cities and Bombardier Dash 8 Q400s to Tier II and Tier III cities. After completing 5 years of flying, SpiceJet was allowed to commence international flights by the Airports Authority of India on 7 September 2010. Spicejet launched flights from Delhi to Kathmandu and Chennai to Colombo. The first international flight took off on 7 October 2010 from the Delhi airport. In April 2011, SpiceJet announced that they chose Hyderabad's Rajiv Gandhi International Airport as the first and primary base for its new fleet of Bombardier Q400 NextGen aircraft. From Hyderabad, SpiceJet launched flights to Aurangabad, Belgaum, Bhubaneswar, Goa, Indore, Madurai, Mangalore, Nagpur, Nasik, Raipur, Rajahmundry, Tirupati, and Vijayawada with the new fleet. On 12 January 2012, SpiceJet's fleet went up to 40 as Boeing delivered a brand new 737–800 aircraft. SpiceJet announced on its website that they would be launching flights on Surat—Delhi and Surat—Mumbai routes following several requests from the carrier's fans on the social media network Facebook. Around 6 days later, SpiceJet's market share rose by 2.5% after the aviation and finance ministries announced that foreign carriers can now buy up to 49% stake in Indian carriers, including the national flag carrier, Air India.
In January 2013, SpiceJet announced a sale on its website. The airline offered 1 million seats on all domestic flights between February 1 and April 30 at 2013 (US$37). The sale was announced a day after rail fares were hiked by the government. CEO Neil Mills said that "The offer truly provides an opportunity for all air travellers to fly at such a low price. The scheme offers an opportunity for travellers to fly even at lower than train fares." Initially, the sale had industry sources fear that other airlines would follow suit by lowering prices, thereby resulting in a fare-war. The sale drew heavy traffic to the official website resulting in a crash. This prompted SpiceJet to limit the number of users who could use the website at the same time. On the first day before 5 p.m. in the evening, SpiceJet sold 170,000 of the million tickets. The discounts SpiceJet offered promoted advance bookings which earned SpiceJet 140 crore (US$26 million). The airline reportedly sold out all the 1 million seats it offered.
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