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Gurgaon, 12 September, 2016: SpiceJet, the country’s favourite low-cost
carrier is taking on a global market strategy to expand beyond its traditional markets
to redraw its international footprint. SpiceJet is the only domestic airline to ink an
agreement with Hahn Air, a sister company of the German scheduled airline and leading
provider of distribution services for other airlines, Hahn Air. The partnership which
will enable the airline to now sell its flights via the code H1 on Hahn Air’s HR-169
ticket, thus giving it a presence in all Global Distribution Systems (GDS) while easing
passengers’ travel worldwide.
The partnership will also enable SpiceJet to gain better access to the global markets
besides elevating customer convenience and improving service procedures and payment.
The airline has outlined Europe amongst its foremost target markets in its global
outreach program post the tie-up.
Shilpa Bhatia, Sr Vice President Commercial SpiceJet said, “We have
charted out a systematic growth path for SpiceJet and the time is ripe for us to reach
out to a wider audience while enabling our customers to avail an extensive network with
elevated convenience. The association will help us to penetrate the untapped markets
which will in due course reflect in our business growth proposition.”
Hahn Air is a global leader in providing distribution services for air, rail and shuttle
partners and the ticketing expert for travel agents. It offers a tremendous network of
over 300 partners including 50 non-GDS airlines enabling them to be booked through over
95,000 travel agencies in 190 markets. SpiceJet can thus benefit from Hahn Air’s
economies of scale and have the potential to increase its revenue streams by being able
to penetrate newer geographies, and reach out a wider target audience.
With the cooperation in place, SpiceJet’s domestic and international services will now
be available on all GDSs and will be issuable on the Hahn Air HR-169 document under the
code H1.
Alexander Proschka – Head of Hahn Air Systems said, “We are proud to
welcome SpiceJet as the latest airline to join the H1-Air network. This is especially
momentous as they are Hahn Air System's 50th partner and we are happy to share the
occasion with them. Going forward, we will redouble our efforts to grow our portfolio
of H1-Air partners and to globally connect more airlines, in turn offering our travel
agent partners greater possibilities.”
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