The country's first seaplane service, operated by SpiceJet's subsidiary Spice Shuttle, has already received 3,000 bookings. This comes after the service was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took the maiden flight from Statue of Unity in Kevadia to Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad.Managing director of the airlines, Ajay Singh, on Saturday addressed the reporters and apprised about the bookings and further hailed PM Modi for encouraging the airline to start the flight. He further said that 30 percent of the seats will be priced at Rs 1,500 under the UDAN scheme and further asserted this flight to be a special experience as it would fly at low altitudes from where the surrounding beauty can be seen near the Statue of Unity.

The country's first seaplane service, operated by SpiceJet's subsidiary Spice Shuttle, has already received 3,000 bookings. This comes after the service was officially inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took the maiden flight from Statue of Unity in Kevadia to Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad.Managing director of the airlines, Ajay Singh, on Saturday addressed the reporters and apprised about the bookings and further hailed PM Modi for encouraging the airline to start the flight. He further said that 30 percent of the seats will be priced at Rs 1,500 under the UDAN scheme and further asserted this flight to be a special experience as it would fly at low altitudes from where the surrounding beauty can be seen near the Statue of Unity.