Air Deccan

Air Deccan is owned and managed as a subsidiary of Deccan Aviation. Starting its operations in the year 2003, Deccan Aviation was started in the year 1995. Today the Air Deccan airline connects more than 55 cities in India . It is based in Bangalore , the capital city of the state of Karnataka , India . Air Deccan airline caters the needs of the middle class people and also helps people to avail the air facilities at low cost airfares. Air Deccan airline functions by pursuing the vision 'Empower every Indian to fly'. The Air Deccan tickets are quite affordable and reasonable. The growth of the airlines has been very good in the years although the first test flight caught fire. Red Herring prospectus of the Air Deccan airlines was filed with the Securities and Exchange board of India on January 2006. The Air Deccan airlines have the pride of providing cheap Air Deccan ticket for the first time in India . This has paved the way for the growth of other private airways like Kingfisher and Spice Jet airways.

Since they offered the customers with low cost, the airlines owned by the Indian Government like the Indian Airlines and Air Sahara was forced to reduce the fare to make use of their airlines also. Air Deccan airlines managing director Captain Mr. GR Gopinath holds a graduate degree from the National Defense Academy and also has the pride of serving the Indian Army. Captain KJ Samuel serves as the Executive director of Air Deccan airline. He is an Army Aviation pilot. Mr. SN Ladhani and Mr. Vijay Amritraj are in the board of directors of Air Deccan airline. Air Deccan airline, at first introduced ATR-42 which had 48 seats to accommodate passengers. It then introduced Airbus A-320 - 180 seat aircraft. Recently Air Deccan airline has introduced the ATR 72 - 500 aircraft which can accommodate about 72 passengers. The aircraft's engine power is very superior and also offers very comfortable flying experience to the passengers. Passengers can get Air Deccan tickets at a reasonable rate and can fly to places of their desire.