Coming soon: Low Cost Charters!

After budget carriers, the Indian skies will soon see the first low-cost charter service. Charter operator Club One Air is going to launch its domestic low-cost operations next year at prices 50 per cent below those currently charged by charters.
Thus a Delhi-Kullu chartered flight, which costs Rs 60,000 per person at present, would cost Rs 30,000 once Club One Air starts flying.
A return ticket on the same route on budget carrier Simplifly Deccan is around Rs 15,000. However, it is more than a price war because the company is planning a whole new business model which will help it offer lower fares.
To begin with, it will press into service very light jets (VLJs). "We are planning to get 10 light jets from March 2008 to March 2009," said Ashok Pratap Rai, director, Club One Air.
These aircraft cost around $1.5 to three million, whereas a turboprop or a jet aircraft would cost twice as much.
23/10/07 Anirban Chowdhury/Business Standard/Rediff

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