(IBNS): India’s private airline SpiceJet operated it’s first-ever long-haul wide-body charter flight from London on Thursday.
The airline brought back 240 passengers from London to Goa.
The flight departed from London Heathrow airport at 8:00 am (local time) on Aug 20, 2020 and is scheduled to reach Goa at 11:50 pm (local time).
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On its return leg, the airline will repatriate 89 passengers from Goa to London.
The return flight from Goa will depart at 2:30 pm (local time) on Aug 21, 2020 and is scheduled to arrive in London at 7:45 pm (local time).
This is the airline’s fourth long-haul charter flight after Amsterdam, Toronto and Rome.
SpiceJet will operate its second long-haul repatriation flight to Canada on Aug 21 and will repatriate 357 Canadian nationals and permanent residency holders from New Delhi to Toronto.
SpiceJet will operate another repatriation flight on the Delhi-Toronto route on Aug 24.
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Ajay Singh, Chairman & Managing Director, SpiceJet said, “London marks our fourth long-haul repatriation destination after Amsterdam, Toronto and Rome displaying our capability to quickly adapt to changing situations. These flights have helped Indian and foreign nationals stranded for months to get back home.
“SpiceJet will be operating many more long-haul repatriation flights in the next few days.”
