Fleet
SpiceJet placed its first firm order for 20 Next-Generation Boeing 737-800s in March 2005, with deliveries scheduled upto 2010. Again in November 2010, SpiceJet order for another 30 Boeing 737-800s with winglets in the presence of the then American president, Barack Obama. Neil Mills, the chief executive officer of SpiceJet said "We are extremely satisfied with the Next-Generation 737βan airplane that is reliable, allows for greater efficiency in maintenance and supports the business plan for low-cost carriers". On 9 December 2010, Bombardier Aerospace announced that SpiceJet placed a firm order for 15 Q400 NextGen turboprop airliners and has also placed an option to buy another 15 of those. SpiceJet used their fleet of Q400's for short-haul operations. Each aircraft in the SpiceJet fleet is named after a spice SpiceJet sold five of its old Boeing 737β800 to other operators on receiving new ones. One of the five was SpiceJet's own which is now in the possession of Somon Air. In February 2012, SpiceJet announced that it would take the delivery of 10 more aircraft during 2012, out of which 7 would be the Bombardier Q400.
As of May 2013, the airline's has the following set of fleet:
| Aircraft | In Service | Orders | Passengers |
Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boeing 737β800 | 31 | 19 | 189 | 19 dry leased |
| Boeing 737-900ER | 6 | β | 212 | |
| Bombardier Dash 8 Q400 | 15 | 15 | 78 | 1 dry leased |
| Total | 52 | 34 |
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