Indian Low-Cost Carrier Adds 20 Aircraft to Support Winter 2025 Fleet Expansion

India – Low-cost carrier SpiceJet has announced plans to add 20 aircraft between October and November 2025 to support a major network expansion during the peak travel season. The capacity increase will be achieved through a combination of reactivating grounded aircraft and short- to medium-term leases from multiple ACMI providers.

• By December 2025, the airline expects to more than double its operating capacity and triple available seat kilometres (ASK), according to Chief Business Officer Debojo Maharshi.

• As of early November, five aircraft had already joined the fleet, including one reactivated Boeing 737-8, three damp-leased Boeing 737-800s, and one Airbus A340-300.

• SpiceJet has secured additional short-term capacity through multiple wet- and damp-lease agreements, including a four-aircraft wet-lease with Ireland’s Fly4 Airlines effective until May 2026.

• Current ACMI partners include Ascend Airways (UK), Corendon Airlines Europe (Malta), Fly4 Airlines (Ireland), Legend Airlines (Romania), and Smartwings (Czechia).

• SpiceJet’s operational fleet currently stands at 19 active aircraft from a total of 54, including five Boeing 737-700s, three 737-700(BDSF)s, seven 737-8s, twelve 737-800s, three 737-900ERs, and twenty-four DHC-8-Q400 turboprops.

Statements

• “By December 2025, our expanded fleet will help us more than double capacity and triple our ASK, marking a major milestone in our growth journey,” said Debojo Maharshi, Chief Business Officer at SpiceJet.

About SpiceJet
SpiceJet, headquartered in Gurugram, India, is one of the country’s leading low-cost carriers, operating a mixed fleet of Boeing 737 and De Havilland Canada Q400 aircraft.

Source: SpiceJet