SpiceJet discontinues Hyderabad-Ayodhya continuous flights after simply two months on account of low demand
Inside two months of its launch, SpiceJet has discontinued its direct flights from Hyderabad to Ayodhya, efficient June 1, in keeping with a report in The Hindu. This thrice-weekly schedule ran till Could 30, in keeping with flight monitoring web sites, the report added.
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The airline operated an Airbus A320 plane on this route and had its inaugural service on April 2. Flight SG 611 departed from Hyderabad’s Rajiv Gandhi Worldwide Airport (RGIA) at 10:45 am, arriving at Ayodhya’s Maharishi Valmiki Worldwide Airport at 12:45 pm. On the return leg, SG 616, left Ayodhya at 1:25 pm and landed in Hyderabad at 3:25 pm.
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At present, passengers seeking to journey from Hyderabad to Ayodhya on the airline face a layover at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport, leading to a complete flight time of seven hours and 25 minutes.
“Normally, when an airline discontinues a route, it signifies poor ticket gross sales. Initially, there was important enthusiasm for visiting Ayodhya, however it steadily declined,” mentioned an airline consultant, as per The Hindu report.
Earlier, on March 31, Telangana BJP Chief G Kishan Reddy, who was then the Union Minister for Tradition and Tourism, posted a letter on X (previously Twitter) that he had written to the Minister for Civil Aviation, requesting a direct connection between Hyderabad and Ayodhya.
Within the letter dated February 26, he acknowledged, “The immense non secular significance for numerous devotees has led to the demand for environment friendly and direct transportation to Ram Janmabhoomi. At present, the dearth of direct flight service between Hyderabad and Ayodhya poses a major problem for devotees who want to journey conveniently.”
