Deccan spreads wings, seeks international flights

Low cost carrier Deccan Aviation, now a unit of Vijay Mallya's UB Group, has sought government’s permission to start operations on overseas routes including the United States, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Nepal and Saudi Arabia from August this year.
Air Deccan will operate on the low-cost model on the short haul overseas routes while its major stakeholder, the UB Group, which controls Kingfisher Air, will operate as a full service carrier on the long haul routes to the United States and England as and when it gets necessary government approval.
Deccan has sought an “in principle” approval to fly to these destinations in order to start the process of investment and commence preparations for overseas destinations, its managing director, G R Gopinath told Hindustan Times on Saturday.
Deccan has sought permission to fly out to the Gulf countries from different states in southern India.
10/03/08 Gaurav Choudhury & Samiran Saha/Hindustan Times

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