India's Low-fare airline, Spicejet, has introduced direct flights from Nagpur to Bangalore and Delhi using new generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, company top executive, Neil Mills, said today adding that the city has thus become the 21st destination on the service map of the airline."Spicejet has been expanding its network at a fast pace over the past few years adding four new destinations in year 2010 and it has plans to launch regional flights for tier-2 and tier-3 cities across the country," Chief Executive Officer Neil Mills told reporters here adding that the airline was in the process of acquiring new Q400 next generation turboprop aircraft from Bombardier company of Canada.With 13.55 percent of market share, Spicejet, will be the first low-cost domestic aviation company to acquire smaller aircraft with 78 seats, one each at either windows, the CEO said adding that the first such aircraft will be arriving next month and become operational formally in July.Rajiv Gandhi international airport in Hyderabad will be the first regional base for the Spicejet services, Mills said.Meanwhile, Mills informed that the Spicejet has sacked two pilots, who graduated from a flying club in Rajasthan, for their inferior competency and doubted qualifications and flying experience.He said that it was the primary responsibility of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to clear the pilots for recruitments in airlines.
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