The Deccan Charters Limited has decided to call off its flight services in the state from May 1. The move comes nine months after it launched the services by offering daily charter flights between major cities of Ahmedabad, Surat, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Kandla.
The company owned by captain G R Gopinath, who founded low cost Air Deccan and sold it later to Vijay Mallya, had launched the service under the brand name "Deccan Shuttles" on August 20, 2012, targeting corporate houses and cash rich domestic and international Gujarati passengers.
Though the company was the first to begin the intra-state flights in Gujarat, the company found it difficult to break even, sources said.
Due to high air fare, that ranges between Rs 4,000 and Rs 6,000, as well as lesser demand from passengers, the company has decided to stop its services. The company has already discontinued its Surat-Bhavnagar flight last month.
10/04/13 Satish Jha/Indian Express
