Bangalore will be the new aviation hub of AirAsia India, the CEO of the
newest low-cost airline in the domestic skies said as it launched Indian
operations on Thursday with a flight from Bangalore to Goa.
Chennai, he said, will remain the corporate base of the airline co-promoted by Tata Sons.
The maiden flight I51320, a brand new Airbus A 320 carrying 186 passengers, took off at 3.10 p.m. from Bangalore's Kempegowda International Airport on a trip lasting an hour and 15 minutes. It will leave Goa's Dabolim International Airport at 4.55 p.m. on the return trip.
The passengers paid an average of Rs. 1,000 each for the trip, 40 per cent of them getting the promotional offer of Rs. 990, according to Mr. Chandilya who briefed the media at the airport ahead of the flight.
The airline has offered the provocatively low fare until October 25. With a fleet of just one aircraft at present, it will launch its second route, a dawn flight from Bangalore to Chennai and back, on July 19.
Two more new A320s would join in the next month or two and some more in the coming months. The plan is to have 30 aircraft, all A-320s, in three years, operate nine destinations by the end of this year and touch 16-18 cities, Mr. Chandilya said.
AirAsia India has taken off with an initial investment of $ 15 million (around Rs. 90 crore), going up to $ 20 million (around Rs. 120 crore), he said.
The parent Malaysian carrier by the same name owns 49 per cent in the Indian arm, Tata Sons 30 per cent and Telestra Tradeplace the rest 21 per cent. AirAsia India got its first plane in March and its flying clearances from the Indian regulator in May.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/airasia-launches-india-ops-from-bangalore/article6107551.ece?ref=relatedNews
I hope the brand new red bird brings some change in the life of common man in India. Millions of dream are about to get fulfilled with the new service started by Air Asia India and it is almost gone change the entire Indian Civil Aviation sector. All the no-frill airlines who are ruling the Indian sky are sure to get hurt very badly. So lets look forward to a new beginning.
Chennai, he said, will remain the corporate base of the airline co-promoted by Tata Sons.
The maiden flight I51320, a brand new Airbus A 320 carrying 186 passengers, took off at 3.10 p.m. from Bangalore's Kempegowda International Airport on a trip lasting an hour and 15 minutes. It will leave Goa's Dabolim International Airport at 4.55 p.m. on the return trip.
The passengers paid an average of Rs. 1,000 each for the trip, 40 per cent of them getting the promotional offer of Rs. 990, according to Mr. Chandilya who briefed the media at the airport ahead of the flight.
The airline has offered the provocatively low fare until October 25. With a fleet of just one aircraft at present, it will launch its second route, a dawn flight from Bangalore to Chennai and back, on July 19.
Two more new A320s would join in the next month or two and some more in the coming months. The plan is to have 30 aircraft, all A-320s, in three years, operate nine destinations by the end of this year and touch 16-18 cities, Mr. Chandilya said.
AirAsia India has taken off with an initial investment of $ 15 million (around Rs. 90 crore), going up to $ 20 million (around Rs. 120 crore), he said.
The parent Malaysian carrier by the same name owns 49 per cent in the Indian arm, Tata Sons 30 per cent and Telestra Tradeplace the rest 21 per cent. AirAsia India got its first plane in March and its flying clearances from the Indian regulator in May.
Source : http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/airasia-launches-india-ops-from-bangalore/article6107551.ece?ref=relatedNews
I hope the brand new red bird brings some change in the life of common man in India. Millions of dream are about to get fulfilled with the new service started by Air Asia India and it is almost gone change the entire Indian Civil Aviation sector. All the no-frill airlines who are ruling the Indian sky are sure to get hurt very badly. So lets look forward to a new beginning.
