Checking SpiceJet Flight Status and its Other Fantastic Services

The low-cost carrier (LLC) SpiceJet is based at Gurgaon, with its main hubs at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Chennai International Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport. This airline was founded in the year 2005; the same year, it commenced its operations. As of September 2015, it caters to 34 destinations across India and 7 international ones. According to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) reports, the airline stands at the fourth position in the country, in terms of market share (12.5 per cent) and passengers carried. Travellers planning to make a booking with this airline can do so with leading travel portals. On the day of the journey, they can check their SpiceJet flight status either on the travel website from where the booking is done or using their mobile app.

How to Check the Departure Status?

The best way to find out the status of a flight is to use the flight number mentioned on the booked ticket. The flight number helps to get information about any delays or cancellations of the flight on the day of departure. All travellers need to do is to find this information on either the travel websites or their mobile-based applications. The results can be known in matter of seconds. This way the time for reaching the airport can be decided for the booked flight.

Priority Check-in

For the convenience of its passengers, the airline offers a priority check-in service. This service can be purchased by the passenger after or while making the flight booking. It is to be noted that it can be booked latest up to two hours before the departure. This pre-paid service can be bought for per sector, per passenger taking the journey by paying a non-refundable fee of INR 200 for flights within and/or originating from India. In case, the flight is schedule to originate from outside India, then the fee becomes INR 300. These fees are not levied for infant passengers. This fee is refundable, in case, the passenger cancels the booking or the airline cancels the flight. It is to be noted that passengers who purchase this service are required to check-in at the airport counter.

Bag Out First Priority Service

Another service that the airline offers for the convenience of its passengers is the bag out first service, which can be used to get the baggage out on priority from the airport. Similar to priority check-in, this service can be purchased after or while making the booking for flight tickets. It can be bought latest up to two hours prior to the departure time. This pre-paid service is only available on domestic flights, at a fixed non-refundable price of INR 100 per baggage. This fee can only be refunded in case the airline cancels the flight or the passengers cancel their reservation.

With such conveniences on offer, passengers will find it pleasant to fly with this LCC. While, when the requirement is to check SpiceJet flight status, all they have to do is to key in the flight number on the mobile applications or website created for the same and get the status in no time.

Google Soon to Add Dedicated Tab to Provide Flight Schedule and Status

The flagship carrier of the Unites Arab Emirates (UAE), Etihad Airways recently announced its collaboration with Google regarding one-click flight information. This Abu Dhabi-based carrier operates on more than 1000 routes every week. It is one of the largest airlines of the Middle East serving over 10 million customers every year. The giant search engine will add another tab in its search buttons, namely, Flights. This will enable people to get information related to flight schedule, like its arrival and departure time, routes or deviation, fares or any such information. However, for now, the option is limited to few countries only.

People living in Spain, Italy, Canada, Poland, France, Germany, Ireland, the Netherlands, the US and the UK can check details of over 140 weekly routes of the airline serving than 100 destinations. People, who want to book ticket either click on the flights button of navigation bar on the Google search result page or can type the same after typing google.com in the address bar. Along with searching flights for their destination, selecting the seats and timings, they can book the ticket also. The chief commercial officer of the airline expressed his zeal on being associated with such a renowned and efficient search engine. Indian domestic carriers may also like to explore this opportunity and checking SpiceJet flight status or for some other airline will be just a click affair.

However, travellers looking for information of Etihad or any other carrier can get same details from travel portals and dedicated websites. One just needs to enter destinations and date of journey, a list of different carriers connecting the start and end destination appears on the screen. To get full detail of the listed flights, they just need to click on it, for instance for IndiGo flight status.