Aerospace Diary

  Neelam Mathews August 21, 2012 Deccan Shuttles, a company of Deccan Charters Ltd. has started non scheduled charter flights in Gujarat from Aug 20 connecting Ahmedabad, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Kandla. Deccan Shuttles, founded by G.R. Gopinath of Air-Deccan fame will provide this service using a 9-seater Cessna Grand Caravan Aircraft , one of the most robust aircraft used worldwide for passenger services.  “It will be of special significance to the business community as it will provide a much needed boost to their business requirements through efficient and time-saving services.” said Capt. G.R.Gopinath,” Chairman of Deccan Charters Ltd.   The Cessna Grand Caravan 208 B is a turboprop regional aircraft and can carry up to 9 passengers. Deccan Shuttles has 2 aircraft at present; one of them is fitted with comfortable 8 single-class seats and the other one with 7 single class seats and a bench seat for 2 in a single-aisle layout...

Neelam Mathews April 14, 2012 An application has been filed with the Ministry of Civil Aviation by the tsar of low cost airlines, Capt Gopinath of Deccan Charters Ltd., to start a scheduled carrier with Airbus 320s and ATR-72s, Aerospace Diary learns. Having sold Air Deccan to Kingfisher, the no-compete clause will end by the end of 2012, giving him enough time to get his finances and infrastructure in order. Not disputing this, Gopinath chose to talk to Aerospace Diary on the vacuum created by the “sudden collapse of Kingfisher” likely to leave a big hole in the market. “Air India is in a mess and Jet is in losses and is not expanding. Even IndiGo is not doing what RyanAir did…..” says Gopinath, not willing to expand the statement further. We hear Gopinath wants to fly to destinations with a large base in the south.  A presentation to MOCA  is said to include 21 destinations including Mumbai, Delhi, Coimbatore, Madurai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Guwahati and Goa. Times...