Deccan Charters
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Founded | 1997 | ||||||
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Fleet size | 5 Managing Director)[3] | ||||||
Website | www.deccanair.com |
Deccan Charters is an aviation company based in
History
The airline started operations on 3 December 1997.[4] as Deccan Aviation. It established Simplifly Deccan (formerly named Air Deccan), a low-cost airline in March 2003. In July 2004, Deccan Aviation partnered with the Favourite Group of Sri Lanka to launch a helicopter charter company called Deccan Aviation Lanka. In early 2007, the company started fixed-wing charter operations. Deccan Charters exited from the company in November 2011, after selling their 48% stake to Singapore-based Millennium Aero which renamed the company as
In April 2017, Deccan charters bid for and won 34 regional Indian routes under the UDAN scheme.
Air Deccan
In March 2017, the firm was awarded 21 regional air routes under the Indian Government's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN.[7] Deccan Charters decided to use the popular Air Deccan brand to launch these services[14] that will connect emerging towns across Indian states of Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura at affordable prices.
Air Deccan received the scheduled commuter operator (SCO) permit from regulator
Fleet
The Deccan Charters fleet consists of the following fixed-wing aircraft and helicopters:[16]
- Aérospatiale AS-355F Twin Ecureuil
- Beechcraft 1900D
- Bell 206 Jet Ranger
- Bell 206L-3 Long Ranger
- Bell 206L-4 Long Ranger
- Bell 212
- Bell 407
- Schweizer 330
- 2 Pilatus PC-12
- Helitourism
Deccan Charters also provides tourism by helicopter.[17]
Destinations
- Puttaparthi (Helicopter)
- Tirupati(Helicopter)
- Surat (Offshore service-Helicopter)
- Amarnath (Helicopter)
- Katra (Helicopter)
- Vaishno Devi (Helicopter)
- Bangalore
- Hampi (Helicopter)
- Shravanabelagola (Helicopter)
- Hyderabad
- Uttrakhand
- Agra (Helicopter)
- Coochbehar
- Kolkata
References
- ^ "About Deccan Aviation". Archived from the original on 9 July 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2010.
- ^ List of NSOP
- ^ "Deccan Aviation official website "Management"". Deccanair.com. Archived from the original on 6 February 2010. Retrieved 30 August 2010.
- ^ a b "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 3 April 2007. p. 72.
- ^ "GR Gopinath's Deccan Charters faces severe crisis; puts entire fleet of aircraft on sale". The Economic Times. 15 December 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- The Hindu Business Line. 21 July 2010. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ a b c "Captain Gopinath back in the game; Deccan Charter to fly on regional routes". Business Standard. 27 March 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Singapore firm makes strategic investment in SL's Deccan Aviation". Sunday Times. 8 January 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- The Hindu Business Line. 2 February 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Deccan Shuttles to commence air connectivity in Gujarat". The Economic Times. 14 August 2012. Retrieved 15 August 2012.
- ^ "Deccan Charters to stop flight services within Gujarat from May 1". The Indian Express. 11 April 2013. Retrieved 19 April 2013.
- The Telegraph (Calcutta). 28 August 2014. Archived from the originalon 31 August 2014. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "Aviation pioneer GR Gopinath makes comeback with Air Deccan, to start disruptive Re 1 tickets". Business Today (India). 15 December 2017. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
- ^ "About us". AirDeccan website. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- The Pioneer. 24 December 2017. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
- ^ Deccan Charters official website "Fleet details" Archived 17 April 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Helitourism of Deccan Aviation". Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 9 August 2014.