Airlines Deals

Low-cost carrier Air Deccan has signed a strategic alliance with private airline major Jet Airways for code sharing, pooling engineering resources and accommodating passengers in case of flight cancellations.

The alliance would enable a passenger to book a ticket from London to fly to Kolhapur, where Jet Airways is not flying. The first leg of the travel, London to Mumbai would be in Jet while the second leg would be in Air Deccan from Mumbai to Kolhapur.

“This will help Jet Airways to fill up seats and take on competition posed by Air-India, British Airways, bmi and Virgin Atlantic. For Air Deccan, it will help in filling in seats and revenue generation,” said industry analysts.

Air Deccan MD G R Gopinath confirmed the development adding, “Jet Airways and Air Deccan will pool engineering resources also to streamline operations and bring down operating costs'’.

As a result of this alliance, passengers of a cancelled (or delayed) flight can be accommodated in the other airline for a standard rate based on the duration of flights and the number of passengers.

Air Deccan is currently operating 265 daily flights covering 55 airports while Jet Airways is flying to 48 destinations with 320 flights a day.

Industry analysts pointed out this strategic arrangement is going to benefit both airlines mutually “as the cancellations and delays are at equal level for Jet Airways and Air Deccan.”

“This will also put an end to the chaos at airports arising out of flight cancellation of any these operators. Several times severe pilot shortages are leading airlines to cancel the flights. To an extend, this arrangement will mitigate these risks,” they added.

Jet Airways is operating 43 classic and next generation B 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft, three Airbus A34-300, one Airbus A330-200 and eight modern ATR 72-500 turboprop.

Air Deccan is operating 14 Airbus A320 and 21 ATR turboprop aircraft. The scrip of Deccan Aviation, promoter of Air Deccan, rose 14.46 per cent on the BSE at Rs 74 against previous day’s closing of Rs 64.65.

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Low cost airline ‘Air Deccan’ will launch a daily new flight, Airbus A 320, between Bangalore and Pune from August 1.

The promotional fair would be Rs 999 (exclusive of taxes), an Air Deccan relese said here. Bookings opened today for the new route.

The flight would depart from Bangalore at 09:55 hrs and reach Pune at 11:15 hrs. In the return direction, it would leave Pune at 18:40 hrs and reach Bangalore at 20:00 hrs.

The third largest airline in the country, Air Deccan, currently enjoys a market share of 20.3 per cent. It covered 55 airports and operated 265 flights daily.

The airline currently operates a brand new fleet of 14 Airbus A-320 aircraft with an average age of 1.5 years and 21 ATR Turboprop Aircraft.

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Low-cost carrier Air Deccan plans to launch five new flights from next month in different sectors, including Delhi-Dehradun, Bangalore-Pune and Jammu-Srinagar, Hyderabad-Cochin via Coimbatore and Chennai-Rajhamundry via Vijayawada.

The airlines would offer introductory fares of Rs 599 for the Delhi-Dehradun sector; Rs 499 on the Jammu-Srinagar route; Rs 999 on the Bangalore-Pune route and Rs 1224 on the Chennai- Rajahmundry and Hyderabad-Cochin sectors.

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Low cost carrier Air Deccan has announced a special offer of up to two free tickets to its passengers.

The scheme is valid between July 20 and September 30. As per the scheme, for every five paid tickets flown during the period, a passenger would get one free and for nine paid tickets, he/she would get two free tickets. The boarding cards would have to be in the name of the same passenger and the free tickets can be redempted till October 30 this year.

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Low-cost carrier Air Deccan said on Friday that it would launch five new flights from next month in different sectors, including Delhi-Dehradun, Bangalore-Pune and Jammu-Srinagar.

The other sectors in which the airlines will be starting new flights include Hyderabad-Cochin via Coimbatore and Chennai-Rajhamundry via Vijayawada, Air Deccan said in a release.

The airlines said it would offer introductory fares of Rs 599 for the Delhi-Dehradun sector; Rs 499 on the Jammu-Srinagar route; Rs 999 on the Bangalore-Pune route and Rs 1224 on the Chennai-Rajahmundry and Hyderabad-Cochin sectors.

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Air Deccan, India’s number one low cost airline, announced a special offering of free tickets for frequent flyers of the airline, on Tuesday.

Air Deccan’s special offering entails its frequent flyers to get upto two free tickets. This scheme will be valid for passengers who travel from July 20, 2006 to Sept 30. Free tickets can be redeemed by travellers upto Oct 30, 2006.

For every five paid tickets flown during the period, the passenger will get one ticket free and for every nine paid tickets flown during the period, they will get two tickets free. The passenger can travel himself or sponsor someone else.

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Low cost carrier Air Deccan today announced a special offer of up to two free tickets to its frequent flyers.

Under the scheme which is valid between July 20 and September 30, for every five paid tickets flown during the period, a passenger would get one free and for nine paid tickets, he or she would get two free tickets.

The boarding cards would have to be in the name of the same passenger and the free tickets can be redeemed till October 30 this year, the airline said in a release.

Meanwhile at the ongoing Farnborough Air Show in the UK, the airline entered into a contract for 30 V2500 engines to cover its existing fleet.

The latest engine order is valued at over 500 million us dollars and brings the total firm orders for these engines, which would power its a-320 fleet, to sixty.

Air Deccan Managing Director Capt G R Gopinath said the V2500 engines have been “a vital part in our success to date … Not only in terms of performance but also asset value. We look forward to continuing our partnership”.

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Air Deccan has placed a $500 million order with International Aero Engines (IAE) to power the low-cost airline’s to be acquired Airbus fleet of aircraft.

The deal which was inked at the Faranborough air show in London will be extended to cover Air Deccan’s existing fleet and an earlier, firm order of 30 Airbus A320 family aircraft.

“The latest engine order is valued at more than $500 million and brings the total firm V2500-powered A320 family aircraft on order to 60,” an airline release said on Tuesday.

IAE is a multinational aero engine consortium between Canadian aero-engine major Pratt & Whitney, European conglomerate Rolls-Royce, the Japanese Aero Engines Corporation and MTU Aero Engines.

The “V2500SelectSM” engine is a combined engine upgrade and aftermarket support program which improves fuel burn, reduces operating costs and offers time-on-wing improvements.

Engine upgrades are planned to be released to production in 2008 and will be retrofittable to the in-service fleet, the release added.

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Air Deccan, India’s No. 1 low cost airline, today announced a special offering of free tickets for frequent flyers of the airline. Air Deccan’s special offering entails its frequent flyers to get upto two free tickets. The scheme will be valid for passengers who travel on Air Deccan between July 20, 2006 and September 30, 2006. Free tickets can be redeemed by travellers till October 30, 2006.

As per the scheme, for every five (5) paid tickets flown during the period, the passenger will get one ticket free and for every nine (9) paid tickets flown during the period, the passenger will get two tickets free. The boarding cards will have to be in the name of the same passenger.

Mr. John Kuruvilla, Chief Revenue Officer, Air Deccan, said, “Air Deccan has grown over a period of time to become the third largest airline in the country and garnered 20.3% share of the market, which is a result of the continuous support of our customers. We have always concentrated our efforts at providing the best opportunities to our customers and this scheme is one such opportunity from a host of offerings from our airline. We are confident that this scheme will provide the extra-edge to all our customers who utilise our services regularly to connect to various locations across the country.”

The scheme will be valid for passengers who fly any sector of Air Deccan and the free ticket will be given for any one of the five or nine sectors that the passenger has flown. The passenger can either travel himself or sponsor someone else for travel.

Passengers have to logon to the Air Deccan website www.airdeccan.net and download the travel request form which needs to be duly filled and sent to flyfree@airdeccan.net. Alternately the passenger may collect the form from the nearest airport counter, travel agent, ticketing office or sales office and send the scanned copy of the completed form to the email address mentioned above.

India’s No.1 low cost airline and the third largest airline in the country, Air Deccan has the largest network in India today covering 55 airports plying 265 flights a day. The airline currently operates a brand new fleet of 14 Airbus A 320 Aircraft with an average age of 1.5 years and 21 ATR Turboprop Aircraft. Since its inception in 2003, Air Deccan has flown over 5 million passengers and the number is growing everyday.

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Low cost carrier Air Deccan on Tuesday announced a special offer of up to two free tickets to its frequent flyers.

Under the scheme, valid between July 20 and September 30, for every five paid tickets flown during the period, a passenger will get one free and for nine paid tickets, he or she will get two free tickets.

The boarding cards would have to be in the name of the same passenger and the free tickets can be redeemed till October 30 this year, the airline said

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