Talk:SpiceJet

Why the picture is in Mallorca

I was just about to write a question asking whether they did charter flights as the photo of the aircraft in spiceJet colours is taken in Mallorca. However, as you'll notice, there's no titles on the plane in the picture and, having found the original on airliners.net, it says the following: "Getting ready for delivery to new Indian startup SpiceJet from Futura!" [1] Also note that the plane holds an Irish registration as Futura Airlines has Dublin as a base. Hopefully that might save someone else a few minutes trying to uncover the reason for these anomalies! Iancaddy 00:12, 21 August 2006 (UTC)

Which picture is in Mallorca? Torbenlicht2015 (talk) 07:39, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Possible Future Deliveries Correction

I noticed that someone listed that SpiceJet has 14 737-800 and 10 737-900ER on order claiming that the February 2006 order was firm as well as the August order. I believe based on Boeing's press releases and orders/deliveries page that the February order was simply an MOU and that the August 2006 order was a firming of those first 10 options. Therefore, I beleive that the airline currently has only 9 737-800 and 5 737-900ER on firm order with the aformentioned further 10 options. I didn't change those numbers because I cannot yet confirm this until Boeing updates it's August User Defined Reports page next month.

SG or 0S ?

I was looking at flights between Kolkata and Chennai last summer and I saw one labelled 0S521. However, 0S is not labelled in the IATA airline designator. However, when you search 0S it leads you to the SpiceJet page, where the IATA code is SG which is on the IATA listing (along with Canada's defunct JetsGo). So I'm curious, was SpiceJet formerly 0S and is now SG, or vice-versa, or what?
JamesyWamesy 06:03, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

WikiProject class rating

This article was automatically assessed because at least one WikiProject had rated the article as start, and the rating on other projects was brought up to start class. BetacommandBot 19:54, 9 November 2007 (UTC)

Aircraft names

Does it make sense to list aircraft names? Where is the encyclopedic value? Names are just stickers applied to the aircraft fuselage, so I cannot see why they should be of any interest. Remeber that Wikipedia is not a database for enthusiasts, but rather an encyclopedia for the general interested ones. Many airlines have given names to their aircraft, but a listing like in this article is quite rare. Per aspera ad Astra (talk) 17:33, 7 December 2010 (UTC)

Why not? Any additional information is appreciated . Torbenlicht2015 (talk) 07:40, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Delays

The timely performance of an airline is a performance criteria, and if Spicejet has been reported as the worst hit in terms of delays in reliable media/ news articles - then that fact needs to stay.Sunyrai (talk) 16:16, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

Undue

These edits are undue in the article besides being unencyclopedic and must be removed. — Abhishek  ^Talk 16:18, 3 November 2011 (UTC)

You may refer my talk page. Sunyrai (talk) 07:31, 4 November 2011 (UTC)

Advertisement

Statements like "Each of SpiceJet's employee is trained to behave in a smart, friendly and efficient manner so that they ensure every passenger feels welcome and looked after. The pilots and flight attendants are all well experienced. SpiceJet also heavily invests in safety of the passengers and maintenance of the aircraft" have been copied and pasted from the Spicejet Website's Corporate overview section. This is mere advertisement and copying material from other websites word-for-word is against Wiki policy WP:COPY Sunyrai (talk) 16:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

Someone simply shifted the "Each of SpiceJet's employee is trained to behave in a smart, friendly and efficient manner ..." statement from a lower section to the header section. That does not solve the problem. It is still a copy and an an advertisement and not in line with wiki policy WP:POVSunyrai (talk) 06:39, 9 April 2012 (UTC)

Ongoing issue

You had reverted the Jeeja Ghosh story when it was placed here first. Now again you are doing an edit war. You may refer my talk page for answer to why this story needs to stay. It is an issue of national importance and if not in the title, but the update should be present of the airlines attitude where the issue was mentioned.Sunyrai (talk) 12:27, 27 April 2012 (UTC)

Abhishek, you removed the delay issue multiple times. It remains in the article. I have answered your BRD citation in my talk page. Someone removed Jeeja Ghosh issue when it was put here for the first time as undue. It remains. Therefore latest development on this issue also has to remain. Do not engage in edit war. Sunyrai (talk) 05:11, 30 April 2012 (UTC)

SG913 Picture

In the Accidents and incidents section of this page, there is a photo labeled 'A SpiceJet Q400. The kind of aircraft used in flight SG 913', but there is no mention of this in the text, only of SG219. Could someone either remove the photo or add info about SG913?Airlinesguy (talk) 12:01, 3 June 2012 (UTC)

photographs

Hi I would like share some good photographs which i clicked from the aircraft last month I flew on Spicejet from Ahmedabad to Hyderabad and was lucky enough to get some lovely sunrise pics. I wanted to share them with you if possible put them up in your office. If i am allowed to show them to someone in Hyderabad office it would be very kind of you. waiting for your reply Thanks a lot Vishwanath you could reply to my mail ID my phone 9010868364 vishecil@gmail.com — Preceding unsigned comment added by 117.213.224.105 (talk) 05:30, 14 November 2012 (UTC)

Are you trying to contact SpiceJet? If so this is the wrong place to do so, because this Wikipedia article has absolutely no affiliation or connection with SpiceJet itself. You won't get a response from the airline here. —Compdude¹²³ 01:21, 15 November 2012 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:SpiceJet/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Reviewer: Sainsf (talk · contribs) 09:08, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Hi! Will review this. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 09:08, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

Lead

• Looking at the article size it would be good to have two good paras in the lead covering everything.Y
• Hooray! No duplinks in this article.Y
• Link IndiaY
• fourth largest airline in India say "in the country" so as not to repeat "India".Y

History

• S K Modi "S. K. Modi"Y
• operations as SpiceJet Why is SpiceJet in italics here but nowhere else?Y
• suffered from a loss Remove "from"Y
• In 2012, Kalanithi Maran Is it not "Kalanidhi"?Y
• On 17 December 17 2014 Typo?Y
• the airline's founder Ajay Singh No need to identify him again.Y
• As of January 2016, it was the fourth largest airline No newer figures? The "was" makes it appear like there have been new developments.Y

Corporate affairs and identity

• Ajay Singh serves as the Managing Director of the airline Since when?Y
• with reducing sizes "in the order of their reducing sizes"Y

Destinations

• After completing 5 years of flying "five" as per the MOS.Y
• SpiceJet announced that Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad as the primary base "would serve as the primary base".Y

Fleet

• Spice Jet ordered another 30 Boeing "SpiceJet"Y

Copyvio possibility

Check the details here.Y

@Magentic Manifestations: How exactly do you respond to this? Who seems to have copied whom? Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home}

Sainsf, about three paras are showing as common between the link and the page. Firstly, the first two paras which are the lead para and services were added by myself in its current state when I started editing the article towards GA. Secondly, the link is dated 5 April 2016 while the content existed since March 2016 in the article.Magentic Manifestations (talk) 19:38, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

Thanks, it's best to clarify points when we are dealing with something serious like copyvio. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 02:59, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Sources: No ISSN needed in ref. 24Y

That should be all. A nice article! These done, I would be happy to promote this. Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 09:30, 7 April 2016 (UTC)

@Sainsf: All done! Thanks!Magentic Manifestations (talk) 19:09, 12 April 2016 (UTC)

@Magentic Manifestations: Happy to promote now. Cheers! Sainsf <^>_{Feel at home} 02:59, 13 April 2016 (UTC)

Crashes and incidents

A Google image search for Spicejet + Crash reveals several crashes, where is the section here? Torbenlicht2015 (talk) 07:41, 16 May 2017 (UTC)

Spicejet market-share link dubious

First paragraph describes SpiceJet as India's third largest airline in terms of market-share, ahead of Air India. The source cited for this claim is dubious, because it only mentions the market-share of airlines on domestic routes. Air India is a largely international airline, with over 40 widebody aircraft. There's no way that SpiceJet has an overall higher market share than Air India. Correct this. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Btarunr (talk • contribs) 12:35, 29 May 2017 (UTC)

Merger of destinations article into SpiceJet

I don't know why the user that started the proposal did not provide their rationale. I say no to the merger as the destinations table is long enough to warrant a stand-alone article.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 13:14, 27 March 2018 (UTC)

An absolute no as per above. Bingobro (Chat) 10:56, 1 April 2018 (UTC)

A Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion

The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion:

• Airline In-flight meal in Spicejet Airways (2).jpg

Participate in the deletion discussion at the nomination page. —Community Tech bot (talk) 01:52, 1 March 2019 (UTC)

Incidents

This incident has been covered by many media sources and is noteworthy enough to mention in this article.VR _talk 21:53, 12 January 2020 (UTC)

WP:NOTNEWS.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 02:50, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Can you give a bit more detailed explanation as to why you removed this?VR _talk 03:21, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

This is not notable and nobody will remember this in a month or later.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 11:30, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

Have to agree hardly of note or relevance to the airline. MilborneOne (talk) 16:42, 13 January 2020 (UTC)

If it was not notable than why was it covered by multiple news sources, including international media?VR _talk 16:35, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

Being in the news doesnt make it encyclopedic or relevant to this article. MilborneOne (talk) 17:34, 26 January 2020 (UTC)

737-700BDSF Orders

SpiceJet’s article has been showing 17 737-700BDSF on order for a long time but without any cited sources. Shouldn’t it be removed? The other citations for the table don’t support it either. AlphaBravo178 (talk) 19:40, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

{{fact}} added [2].--Jetstreamer ^Talk 20:12, 9 June 2023 (UTC)

Source for fleet

I do not think that the source for fleet, i.e. airfleets.net, is very good. There are a few inconsistencies. As an example, here and here. The first one says SpiceJet has 25 737s and 10 Dash 8s while the second one says that it has 26 737s and 9 Dash 8s. I think planespotters.net is a better source. Arnav Bhate (talk) 17:50, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

WP:PLANESPOTTERS is not reliable.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 21:15, 19 October 2023 (UTC)

Hey @Arnav Bhate,

one inconsistency doesn't make a whole website unreliable already.

You can contact the customer service of airfleets to solve the inconsistency: https://www.airfleets.net/contact/contact.htm

Do you have a better reference than airfleets? Then simply plunge forward and state it. I by myself have no problem with planespotters, but another user here has, so the compromise has been airfleets.net. WikiPate (talk) 00:53, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

@Jetstreamer, the same notice board has also deemed airfleets unreliable. As for a better reliable source @WikiPate, how about this one from dgca? Arnav Bhate (talk) 10:40, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

A discussion doesn't necessarily lead to a general consensus like in that linked discussion. In that one I go rather with the opinion of Squidfryerchef. Sufficiently reliable references are needed for figures and contestable statements. What is written on WP must not differ from the stated reference. But imo it should not be overdone with academic standards in less world changing topics and where figures change regularly anyway.

DGCA looks good to me. It's as of June 2023. WikiPate (talk) 11:40, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

If it depended on me I would also wipe out the airfleets reference.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 19:44, 20 October 2023 (UTC)

@Arnav Bhate I wrote the customer service of airfleets.net and got this answer: "It is because the fleet age section is updated one time every two months" WikiPate (talk) 14:18, 22 October 2023 (UTC)

90 seat Q400s

What ever happened to the 90 seat Dash 8 Q400s? According to Planespotters.net, the airline still has 5 of them. Why does the fleet section only list 78 seats? Mirza Ahmed (talk) 06:51, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

Planespotters is not reliable per WP:PLANESPOTTERS.--Jetstreamer ^Talk 11:59, 26 December 2023 (UTC)

SpiceJet financial turbulence (2023-present)

the airline has gone through some financial issues in 2023, and is planning to recover losses and is initiating huge fundings.

Should this not be added in the article (with reference) ? Aviator Jr (talk) 08:32, 31 January 2024 (UTC)