Five-month-old Indian regional airline Air Costa plans to start international operations once India lifts its rule that limits new carriers to domestic services during their first five years of operation. Ahead of that revision, the carrier, which ordered a mix of 50 Embraer E190-E2s and E195-E2s at the Singapore Air Show in February, has applied for a national permit to fly pan-India, Vivek Choudhary, chief commercial officer and vice president of corporate finance of parent company LEPL Projects Ltd., told AIN. He noted that the range of the E2s would allow the carrier to fly to neighboring Southeast Asia and Middle East countries. “We will also look at code shares with [international] carriers in future,” he added.
Scheduled for first deliveries in 2018, Air Costa’s E190-E2s will arrive configured with six business and 92 economy seats. The larger E195-E2s will carry 12 business and 106 economy seats.
With the state of Andhra Pradesh recently split into two and given the location of Air Costa’s base in Vijayawada, the intended new capital of the new state of Seemandhra, the airline appears bound to benefit from new infrastructure and increased traffic flow.
24/03/14 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
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Scheduled for first deliveries in 2018, Air Costa’s E190-E2s will arrive configured with six business and 92 economy seats. The larger E195-E2s will carry 12 business and 106 economy seats.
With the state of Andhra Pradesh recently split into two and given the location of Air Costa’s base in Vijayawada, the intended new capital of the new state of Seemandhra, the airline appears bound to benefit from new infrastructure and increased traffic flow.
24/03/14 Neelam Mathews/AINonline
