Mumbai: Regional airline Trujet plans to add seven ATR aircraft to its fleet and is looking to expand its services to North and West India.
The airline began operations with a Hyderabad-Tirupati flight last July and flies to eight destinations now. It holds a regional operations permit.
“We have three ATR-72 planes now and will add two more aircraft by May,” said V Umesh, chairperson, Trujet. It will add services from Hyderabad to Pune and Visakhapatnam.
“We plan to have ten aircraft by 2016-end and have sought approval from the civil aviation ministry to start services from West and North India. We have load factors of 85% and very low cancellation rate,” he added.
The airline is also in talks with Andhra Pradesh government to roll out flights to the unconnected town of Kadapa with viability gap funding model.
27/01/16 Business Standard
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The airline began operations with a Hyderabad-Tirupati flight last July and flies to eight destinations now. It holds a regional operations permit.
“We have three ATR-72 planes now and will add two more aircraft by May,” said V Umesh, chairperson, Trujet. It will add services from Hyderabad to Pune and Visakhapatnam.
“We plan to have ten aircraft by 2016-end and have sought approval from the civil aviation ministry to start services from West and North India. We have load factors of 85% and very low cancellation rate,” he added.
The airline is also in talks with Andhra Pradesh government to roll out flights to the unconnected town of Kadapa with viability gap funding model.
27/01/16 Business Standard
