air deccan

Air Deccan to turn red and white, shed the low-cost tag

04 sep 2007

India’s first low-cost airline may soon turn into a ‘premium brand’ shedding its image of being a common man’s airline. Even the name may be changed by clipping the word Air and changing it to just ‘Deccan’.

Spicejet attracts Ryanair interest

01 aug 2007

The Indian low-cost carrier model is being looked with interest not only from domestic players like Jet, Kingfisher and Paramount but also from foreign players. Dublin-based Ryanair, Europe’s biggest low-cost carrier is learnt to be interested in picking up a stake in SpiceJet.

After consolidation, now fight for dominance among airlines

15 jun 2007

After major consolidation moves, its now turn of 2-year old Low Cost Airline, Spicejet to catch the fancy of other airlines. Jet Airways and Kingfisher have envisaged an interest to acquire a stake in the company.

Are cheap air tickets coming to a premature death?

13 jun 2007

The era of flying at the cost of a rail ticket may soon be a phenomenon of past for Indian travellers. After picking up Air Deccan, Kingfisher’s Vijay Mallya is going for a price hike upto Rs.500-700 per ticket in addition to the Rs.150 congestion charge (for flying in busy Delhi-Mumbai airspace) to make the Low Cost Airline (former?) turn profitable.

Air Deccan on troubled sky, Kingfisher on rescue

24 may 2007

Captain Gopinath can be counted among the most risk-taking (first to bring the concept of low-cost airline in India), and most unlucky entrepreneur. The period during which IPO was available for subscription, the market witnessed its severest crash, and the issue barely managed to scape through with the lowering of offer price.