Mangaluru, Feb 3: Even though the SpiceJet had shown interest to start flight services to key Saudi Arabian destinations from Mangaluru when its summer schedules comes into effect, the financial crisis has forced the low-cost private Indian carrier to withdraw from the plan.
However, it had postponed its decision thanks to financial crisis and other reasons. Meanwhile, Concerned over the deteriorating condition of SpiceJet aviation regulator DGCA has asked it to clear salary dues of all its employees.
The DGCA also directed the airline not to take bookings of flights over one month and refund the booking amount to the customers of cancelled flights in 30 days, sources said.
At present, Mangaluru has flight connectivity to several Middle East destinations namely Dubai, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Muscat, Bahrain, Doha and Dammam.
Director of Mangalore International Airport J T Radhakrishna said there is a demand from passengers to introduce direct flights to Saudi Arabia’s key cities like Jeddah and Riyadh. So far no airlines has come forward to service these sectors.
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