Low-cost carrier SpiceJet on Tuesday announced that it will start eight new international routes from the month of July.

According to the company, it will service Mumbai-Riyadh-Mumbai, Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai, Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi and Delhi-Jeddah-Delhi routes with daily non-stop flights.

The airline will deploy its 168-seater Boeing 737-800 aircraft on all the routes, the airline said in a statement.

The flights on Mumbai-Dhaka-Mumbai route and Mumbai-Riyadh-Mumbai route will start from July 25 and August 15, while Delhi-Dhaka-Delhi route and Delhi-Jeddah-Delhi route, the daily flights will begin from July 31, said the airline.

“The airline is the first Indian LCC to connect Mumbai with Riyadh and Dhaka and Delhi with Dhaka and Jeddah," the airline added, “Riyadh, the capital and largest city of Saudi Arabia, is also the Kingdom’s key business centre and financial hub.”

Ajay Singh, chairman and managing director, SpiceJet said, "We are delighted to add Riyadh as our tenth international destination and add more flights to Jeddah and Dhaka thus providing our passengers with multiple flight options. SpiceJet is the only Indian budget airline to operate to Saudi Arabia and our new flights to Riyadh and Jeddah should greatly benefit the thousands of pilgrims travelling from India."

First Published:Jun 25, 2019 3:19 PM IST