^Marablog.net^

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

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.

(more…)

 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.

(more…)

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.
 
(more…)

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.

(more…)

BANGALORE: Low cost carrier (LCC) Air Deccan (Deccan) has tied up Oxigen to enable mobile users to avail of the ‘mFly Oxigen Cash Wallet’ to purchase air tickets for its flights starting today.

The mFly account is a prepaid user account which can be accessed through a mobile phone to book, pay for and generate Deccan tickets instantly.
India has an estimated base of 200 million mobile users currently, a figure that is estimated to go up to 500 million over the next few years so that almost one in two Indians will have a mobile connection.

(more…)

MUMBAI: Kingfisher Airlines is close to owning a 51 per cent majority stake in Air Deccan, Kingfisher owner Vijay Mallya says. Kingfisher already has a 46 per cent in Deccan Aviation, the company that owns Air Deccan.

Mallya, flamboyant chief of United Breweries group — the second largest liquor conglomerate in the world — and owner of Kingfisher Airlines, says he is proud to have created an airline that can match the best in the world.

(more…)

MUMBAI: Deccan Aviation Ltd, which runs budget airline Air Deccan, on Wednesday said Vijay Mallya has been co-opted as an additional director and vice-chairman of the board of the company.

Mallya’s UB Group had acquired a 26-per cent stake in Deccan Aviation in May this year, which it raised to 46 per cent through an open offer that ended earlier this month.

(more…)