Bangalore: South India is bracing up for new entrants in the civil aviation market as Hyderabad-based air charter provider Turbo Aviation gears up to enter the Indian skies as a scheduled operator this year.
Turbo Aviation, already listed as a non-scheduled operator by aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), started its foray into aviation business with ground handling services at various airports. The company also provides ground services to major airline operators. “We had applied for an approval (Scheduled Operator's Permit) in March last year (2013). We are expecting to get the approval by this weekend,” V Umesh, Managing Director of the company told Express.
However, this is unlikely to happen with the Lok Sabha elections underway; a fact that Umesh acknowledged as well. The airline is planning to buy three ATR-72/500 aircraft and has earmarked `100 crore for initial operations, he said.
According to DGCA, all scheduled airlines ferried a total of 60,115,100 passengers on domestic routes in 2013. According to analyst reports, this number expected to reach 321.28 million in 2016-17 (end of 12th Plan).
09/04/14 New Indian Express
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Turbo Aviation, already listed as a non-scheduled operator by aviation regulator DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation), started its foray into aviation business with ground handling services at various airports. The company also provides ground services to major airline operators. “We had applied for an approval (Scheduled Operator's Permit) in March last year (2013). We are expecting to get the approval by this weekend,” V Umesh, Managing Director of the company told Express.
However, this is unlikely to happen with the Lok Sabha elections underway; a fact that Umesh acknowledged as well. The airline is planning to buy three ATR-72/500 aircraft and has earmarked `100 crore for initial operations, he said.
According to DGCA, all scheduled airlines ferried a total of 60,115,100 passengers on domestic routes in 2013. According to analyst reports, this number expected to reach 321.28 million in 2016-17 (end of 12th Plan).
09/04/14 New Indian Express
