At present, the low-cost carrier has a fleet of 29 aircraft. It plans to add 19 aircraft in the next year, of which eight will be leased Airbus A320s, four ATR 72-500s on hire purchase and one of the same to be leased.
Going ahead with its outsourcing spree, budget carrier Air Deccan on Wednesday tied up with Frankfinn Institute of Airhostesses Training as an exclusive cabin crew partner.
Air Deccan, the low-cost domestic airline, has planned to increase by December its daily flights from 70 to 100 as well as to secure a part of the "ethnic market" of West Asia in the foreseeable future
Needed: Cabin Crew (Technical) and Flight Safety Instructor for Air Deccan.
Air Deccan, India's first no-frills airlines, expects $120mn revenues in current fiscal.
Most of the Air Deccan aircraft that await repainting are small single-aisle ATR jets. When contacted, the Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson said re-painting of aircraft is typically done when the aircraft visits the maintenance, repair, overhaul workshop for scheduled maintenance checks.
As part of its efforts to connect smaller towns and cities in the country, Air Deccan is commencing its services to five new destinations--including Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode in Kerala from February 1.
Sanskriti Sinha, 29, an aeronautical engineer with private airlines Air Deccan, was crushed to death on Monday night on the airport premises in New Delhi, after being hit by a vehicle.
Air Deccan on Tuesday announced a tie-up with Reliance Infocomm that would allow passengers to book tickets through the cellular company's retail chain of 241 broadband Reliance Web World outlets across 104 cities.
Air Deccan, which first started operations in March 2003, would float its maiden public offer by the middle of next year, a senior company official said.
Budget carrier Air Deccan on Friday said it planned to add 96 aircraft to its fleet by 2013 as it seeks to consolidate its position in the Indian skies.
Air Deccan, the country's first low cost airlines, has chalked out an ambitious expansion plan, including augmenting its fleet to 30 aircraft by the end of this fiscal and setting up a modern hangar in Chennai in the next six months, its managing dir
Vijay Mallya-promoted UB Group on Tuesday said it has received shareholders' approval for the deal and has put in place an escrow mechanism to complete the transaction.
Low cost airline Air Deccan aims to raise up to 30 per cent of its total revenues from ancillary streams in three years, a three-fold jump from the current levels, its managing director, G R Gopinath said.
Air Deccan announces new flights from Delhi to various destinations across India.
After initiating ticket bookings through SMS, low-cost carrier Air Deccan on Saturday announced the opening of bookings for one lakh tickets at Rs 999, inclusive of taxes, for travel between February 20 and April 10.\n
With oil reaching record highs and competition intensifying, Captain Gopinath's chances of keeping his carrier afloat would have been more than slim. Employee's jobs and salaries would have been at stake if he had not sold to Vijay Mallya, says Anjuli Bhargava.
Air Deccan, India's first low-cost carrier, on Friday announced the release of 3,300 tickets priced at Re 1 and 6,500 tickets (excluding taxes) priced at Rs 500 for reservations in September and October.
For the second time in a year, Air Deccan overtook state-owned Indian (formerly Indian Airlines) in 2006, making it country's second-largest domestic carrier.
Air Deccan had also approved a plan to offer 10 per cent of the equity to its employees. The airline hopes to carry 4 million passengers during the current year and report revenue of Rs 1,000 crore.
Days after acquiring control of Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya now looks at rationalising the fleet of the two carriers and considering changes in the total fleet order of 90 aircraft.
Budget carrier Air Deccan on Monday said volatile crude oil prices has affected the airline's operational cost by 20 per cent, forcing it to increase its high-end bucket fares by 12 to 15 per cent.
Air Deccan announced on Tuesday its tie-up with State Bank of India for on-line ticket booking.
In the preceding quarter, the airline had posted a profit of Rs 9.64 crore supported by non-passenger revenues.
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