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Jet Airways expand low cost service with Jet Konnect

08 may 2009

Jet Airways expand low cost service with Jet Konnect
Airways with a 25.3% market share has made a surprise move of launching an additional low cost carrier brand ‘Jet Airways Konnect’ to augment its existing LCC ‘JetLite’ bought from Sahara Airlines.

Finally Deccan paves way for Kingfisher Red

28 aug 2008

Finally Deccan paves way for Kingfisher Red
From August 29, 2008, the pioneer name in low cost air travel, Deccan has landed and has paved way for a new brand ‘Kingfisher Red’. The brand ‘Simplifly Deccan’ and its blue colour logo of two palms joining together forming a flying a bird would be changed to Kingfisher’s trademark red colour.

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

04 sep 2007

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

Spicejet attracts Ryanair interest
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.

Are cheap air tickets coming to a premature death?

13 jun 2007

Are cheap air tickets coming to a premature death?
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.

Aviation set to follow Telecom route, consolidation check-in with swift pace

04 jun 2007

Aviation set to follow Telecom route, consolidation check-in with swift pace
The inevitable has happened sooner than expected. After attracting new players catering to new routes with cheap prices, the Indian aviation sector is set for a shakeout. Just as telecom industry, India would soon have 5-6 airline companies operating on all-India routes, having deep pockets and stable pricing strategies to make airline business financially viable.

Air Deccan on troubled sky, Kingfisher on rescue

24 may 2007

Air Deccan on troubled sky, Kingfisher on rescue
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.
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