New Delhi, March 1 (IANS) Budget carrier SpiceJet will launch eight new daily direct flights to Gwalior under the UDAN regional connectivity scheme.

In addition to the eight new flights to Gwalior, SpiceJet will also operate four new daily flights connecting Bhopal, including the Bhopal-Udaipur UDAN flight.

"These new flights reiterate the airline's commitment to UDAN and direct connectivity, besides on-boarding non-metros and smaller cities onto the national aviation map," the airline said in a statement

At present, SpiceJet operates 23 flights under the UDAN scheme.

--IANS rv/arm/nir