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The seventeen-year-old wait by Bangaloreans finally ended on Friday night - The swanky new Bengaluru International Airport (BIA) at Devanahalli became operational when the Indian carrier IC 609 from Mumbai made a touch down at 22:37 pm.

“It is a proud moment for Bangalore and Karnataka”, exclaimed Infosys employee Sheela Shenoy, the first air passenger to set her foot on the airport, the first phase of which has been constructed at a cost of Rs 2,470 crore. (more…)

AAI team to be in charge of air traffic management

Bangalore/New Delhi: It is to be a May 23 take-off finally for the Bengaluru International Airport.

When it does, the Rs 2,500-crore greenfield at Devanahalli near here will be starting operations almost two months later than first planned – March 28. And the culmination of works that began in July 2005. (more…)

Lucknow, April 4 (IANS) Air Deccan announced here Friday that it has joined hands with ICICI Lombard General Insurance to launch a domestic travel insurance scheme covering accidental medical expense, ticket cancellation and lost baggage. The insurance scheme, which costs Rs.99 per person, was started April 1. It can be availed through the Air Deccan website (Airdeccan.net).

Ramki Sundaram, officiating CEO of Air Deccan, said: “We believe our joint offering with ICICI Lombard will help travellers evaluate their need for travel cover and avail a comprehensive and beneficial insurance package.”

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Deccan launched 18 new services across various sectors on 29-Mar-08, marking the beginning of the summer schedule. Deccan has also added a new destination- Jorhat to its wide network. Bookings for the flights are open.
 
Ramki Sundaram officiating CEO Deccan said “Deccan continues to provide unparalleled connectivity across the length and breadth of India. In our new summer schedule we have introduced a slew of flights to new city pairs in addition to increasing operations on key routes. Travelers can look forward to timings that make for convenient business and leisure trips.”

About Deccan’s new flights:

Deccan has introduced first ever air connectivity between Bangalore and Indore and is the only airline connecting Bangalore to Indore and also Nagpur by convenient morning flights. The city pair of Indore and Nagpur too is connected only by the Deccan–Kingfisher combine.

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BANGALORE: Deccan looks set for a second rechristening and a new brand positioning. Last year, the name had been changed from Air Deccan to Deccan, following its merger with Kingfisher Airlines. Now, new owner Vijay Mallya plans to prefix the word King or Kingfisher to the airline.

Sources say the name change will happen along with a repositioning of the brand, which will move the low-cost carrier a few shades up the value chain making it conceptually similar to Jet’s JetLite. The new brand will be launched shortly. We plan to position the new brand not as a low-cost carrier but a value-based carrier, a senior airline official said.

Mallya is likely to launch the new brand along with his IPL cricket team. He indicated that the makeover be done well before the IPL tournament starts, so that he can market the new brand during the tournament. A decision on the name will be taken once he (Mallya) is back from Australia, a source said.

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BANGALORE: Low-cost carrier Air Deccan has announced a new commercial policy for cancellation and rescheduling of tickets with an aim to offer more flexible travel options to its passengers.

As against the earlier policy where passengers wishing to cancel their tickets were provided credit vouchers, passengers under the new cancellation policy would receive cash back against all ticket cancellations, a statement said here today.

Passengers can now cancel tickets up to four hours prior to flight departure. A cancellation charge of Rs 750 per passenger per sector and transaction fee (10 per cent of basic fare) would be deducted and the balance will be refunded.

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NAGPUR: Low-cost airlines Simplifly Air Deccan will launch its daily flights to Bangalore and Indore from Nagpur’s Dr Ambedkar International Airport from March 30.

The Nagpur-Indore flight will take off from Nagpur at 11.50 am and the return flight will take off at 1.10 pm. The Nagpur-Bangalore flight will take off from Nagpur at 2.30 pm and the return flight will take off at 9.40 pm.

The airlines will charge Rs 774 (plus taxes) as the minimum basic airfare on the Indore sector and Rs 674 (plus taxes) on Bangalore sector.

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 Jet, Kingfisher and SpiceJet will increase fuel surcharge by Rs300 from Dec. 3. Air India will also charge Rs300 more while others are likely to follow suit as well 
 
Leading private airlines along with state-run carrier Air India have decided to hike fares from Dec. 3 after oil marketing companies, including Reliance, raised Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) prices by over 14% on Friday.

Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet will increase fuel surcharge by Rs300 from Monday. Air India will also charge Rs300 more while others like Air Deccan, Go Air and IndiGo are also likely to announce a similar hike.

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What is a Fly Unlimited offer?  

Book a Deccan ticket on Air Deccan website www.airdeccan.net  from November 21 to November 25, 2007 and travel between November 21 to December 20, 2007.
100 lucky winners can book unlimited no of tickets  for travel between January 10 to March 30, 2008.
Taxes & Surcharges as applicable need to be paid by the winner for every free ticket booked under this scheme.
 
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New Delhi, Nov 14: Low-cost airline Spicejet on Wednesday earned itself the distinction of being the only domestic airliner to procure 212-seater Boeing 737-900 ER aircraft, the latest in the 737 series.

The airline, which is on an expansion mode, would induct four more such aircraft by September 2008, Spicejet Director Ajay Singh told reporters.

He said the aircraft would fly on the high density traffic and long distance routes on their network.

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