Deccan chief wants multiple airports

With an impending operational break in the coming few months, Air Deccan is ready to embark on the second phase of its expansion. This and connecting the country’s wine capital, Nashik, to the other cities by air remains firmly on the airline’s agenda.
In its second phase of expansion, the thrust will be on connecting regional airports with the metro airports and on increasing non-conventional routes. Also on the agenda is connecting via air, towns which have historical, economic and tourist importance. This will be the focus of the expansion plan.
“The regional airports will have to come up. There has to be an integration of the small and the large towns. Ultimately you would have to integrate rural areas with urban back and forth,” Talking to DNA, Deccan Airlines’ managing director, Capt GR Gopinath said.
Towns like Kolhapur, Belgaun and Hubli, whose middle and business class must travel, will be connected by Air Deccan flights with reasonable fares of up to Rs2000. Also places which have a local history and scope for religious tourism like Nashik and Pushkar will be connected,” he added.
05/04/07 Manisha Singhal/Daily News & Analysis

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