SpiceJet Chairman & MD Ajay Singh said Thursday that SpiceJet will induct six more Boeing 737-800 NG aircraft on dry lease in addition to 16 Boeing 737 planes and five 90-seater Bombardier Q400 planes.

Shares of low-cost carrier SpiceJet gained as much as 13.75 per cent to Rs 135.80, close to its 52-week high level of Rs 139 touched on April 18, 2018, after the airline said it will add five 90-seater Q400 aircraft taking its Bombardier fleet size to 32.

The 90-seater Bombardier A400 is part of SpiceJet's second purchase order for up to 50 Q400 turboprops placed in September 2017 worth $1.7 billion.

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The first flight that landed was a SpiceJet Bombardier Q400 that had embarked from Kolkata's Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport.

It will be a great boost to air connectivity in the Northeastern part of the country as before Pakyong, the nearest airport to the capital city of Gangtok was around 124 km away in Bagdogra.

The Pakyong Airport, the tiny hilly state's first and the country's 100th functional airport, will be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a government official said on Wednesday.

Budget carrier SpiceJet today successfully operated India's first test flight powered by biojet fuel.