Aerospace Diary

Neelam Mathews Aug 10, 2011 Bengaluru-based Regional Airport-Holdings International (RAHI) is firming its business plan for an air taxi operation and a regional airline, to be announced by the end of the month, Umesh Kumar Baveja, Founder-Chairman, told Aerospace Diary. The company has also started construction of two regional airports at Shimoga and Gulbarga in Karnataka, scheduled for completion in mid 2012. The air taxi operation will have rotary wing aircraft between 5-20 seats to feed smaller airstrips while the regional airline, named RAHI, will have on its fleet, 30-40 seaters. The airline plans to start with 4-5 aircraft, says Baveja. “No destination is too small for us,” says Baveja, echoing the tagline of his company’s name. “Regional airports is our first name. We are looking at serving hinterlands rather than the metros,” he adds. The location for the base for the aircraft has not been decided as it will be subject to viability, availability and feasibility of op...

Regional Airlines Aviation Daily Dec 01 , 2010 , p. 11 Neelam Mathews India on Dec. 25 will get its regional carrier—Jagson Airlines—which will take advantage of a government break in parking and navigation fees by operating its AVRO RJ-85 with only 80 seats. The Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced its regional air transport policy in August 2007, when a worldwide recession put plans for launching regional services on hold. India introduced the policy for scheduled regional air transport services because there was a need to promote air connectivity between non-metro and remote airports. The RJ-85 was chosen following its ability to land on short runways. “It flies at twice the speed of the present ATR-42s being run on the route by full-service and budget carriers and with no weather restrictions,” CEO Koustav Dhar told Aviation Week. To take advantage of the government rule that permits the waiving of parkin...

Aviation Week Daily Nov 29, 2010   By Neelam Mathews NEW DELHI On Dec. 25 India will get its first regional airline—Jagson Airlines—which will take advantage of a government break in parking and navigation fees by operating its AVRO RJ-85 with only 80 seats. The Ministry of Civil Aviation introduced its regional air transport policy in August 2007 when a worldwide recession put plans for launching regional services on hold. India introduced the policy for scheduled regional air transport services as there was a need to promote air connectivity between non-metro and remote airports within the country’s aviation network. The RJ-85 was chosen following its ability to land on short runways. “It flies at twice the speed of the present ATR-42s being run on the route by full-service and budget carriers and with no weather restrictions,” CEO Koustav Dhar told Aviation Week. To...