In value terms, the exports increased by 36 per cent to touch Rs 967.30 crore (Rs 9.67 billion) during the quarter.
Neil Mills explains the rationale behind slashing fare by 50 per cent in a recent offer.
The airline launched a three-day discounted sale of tickets starting at Rs 1,010, to mark its 10th anniversary
Such tickets can be booked through the SpiceJet website alone
Spices Futures market is heading south and the trend is expected to continue for sometime from now.
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If oil prices continue as they are and we can cut costs, we'll be able to break even in the next financial quarter, says Singh.
On December 31, SpiceJet's accumulated losses had grown to Rs 3,233 crore.
SpiceJet had last year announced a $4.4-bn deal for 42 Boeing 737 Max.
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This is also the highest ever profit recorded by the carrier, which was facing turbulent times a year ago.
This is the third consecutive profitable quarter for SpiceJet.
Among the impacted flights, Air India's flight AI 185 from the national capital to Vancouver that was to depart early in the morning was rescheduled.
The Aditya Birla group's wireless telephony firm Idea Cellular has agreed to buy Spice Communications in a three-stage deal in which minority shareholders of Spice would be given an option either to swap their shares for the Birla group firm or sell them in an open offer.
No-frill carrier SpiceJet on Monday announced compensation to passengers for delay or cancellation of flights due to factors within their control, through travel vouchers worth Rs 500 or Rs 1,000.
Cash-strapped SpiceJet has cancelled over 1,800 flights across the country for the current month, in signs of mounting troubles for the budget airline.
Barring one quarter, SpiceJet made a profit in every quarter last year.
Last week, the carrier had asked about 60 pilots who had resigned to leave after serving only half the six-month notice period.
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After all its flights remained grounded for most part of the day on Wednesday, cash-strapped SpiceJet resumed operations in the evening as oil companies, which had stopped fuel supplies to its aircraft, eased the restriction.
SpiceJet owes around Rs 240 crore (Rs 2.40 billion) to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) for using its airports in the country.
SpiceJet also plans to increase its daily flights to 251.
Seaplanes are fixed-wing aircraft that can take off and land on both water and airfields.
Though a formal purchase agreement with Boeing is yet to be signed, SpiceJet's order size could be of 40-50 planes, a source familiar with the development said. At list price, a 737 Max aircraft is valued at about $100 million (Rs 620 crore).
The DGCA has allowed SpiceJet to accept advance bookings beyond March 31.
Low-cost carrier SpiceJet Ltd on Friday said it expects to resolve settlement disputes with its lessors shortly.
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The B K Modi-led Spice Corporation said on Monday it has been shortlisted by the Satyam board to put its bid for a majority stake in the crisis-ridden IT firm. A senior official of Spice Corp told PTI the company would now get access to financial data relating to revenues, number of employees and clients and other details to value the firm for putting the auction price.
The bookings for this three-day offer commences from Monday with a travel validity period between January 16 and October 24 next year, SpiceJet said.
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Frequent flight cancellations and the Airports Authority of India's decision to put SpiceJet on a cash-and-carry mode have made online travel agencies nervous.
Shares of SpiceJet fell sharply by over 8 per cent as flight operations of the cash-strapped company were grounded on Wednesday on payment woes.
Spices export increased close to 50 percent during April-August period. India exported US$421.16 million worth spices during this period while it was only US$ 280.71 million in same time last year.
The pilots of India's budget carrier SpiceJet would now be trained by flight training establishment of the Dubai carrier, Emirates.
Temasek Holdings Pte Ltd., the Singapore government's investment company, said it would not invest in SpiceJet Ltd., an Indian low-fare carrier that started flying in May, because of a disagreement on terms.
Spicejet has sought extention from the Airports Authority of India over payment schedule.
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Budget carrier SpiceJet on Wednesday joined the low fare race in the domestic market putting on the block half a million seats with ticket prices starting at Rs 1,499 under a limited period promotional offer.
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