Air Deccan to connect Ahmedabad and Coimbatore via Bangalore

Bangalore, Oct 20 (UNI) India's first low cost flier, Air Deccan today announced daily flights between Ahmedabad and Coimbatore via Bangalore, effective from November 2.

A 180 seater A320 aircraft would be deployed on the route, an Air Deccan release said here today.

Both Ahmedabad and Coimbatore were already well connected on the Air Deccan network.

Ahmedabad airport recently got its first ever aircraft base set up by Air Deccan and was connected to Chennai and Hyderabad. The airline connects Coimbatore to Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai with daily flights.

With the launch of the Ahmedabad-Coimbatore service, Air Deccan became the only airline providing daily connectivity between the two cities.

Air Deccan Chief Operating Officer Warrick Brady said that the low cost flier was the first to identify the relevance of affordable air connectivity between growing cities in India and provide inter regional connectivity at unmatched low fares.

The choc- a- bloc load factor of over 85 per cent on an average, on all Air Deccan flights from Ahmedabad and Coimbatore had prompted it to launch a daily flight connecting Ahmedabad and Coimbatore in a single journey, he added.

He said, ''As part of our constant endeavor to provide the lowest possible fares to our passengers, we are offering inaugural fares on the Ahmedabad-Bangalore-Coimbatore flight at Rs.1974/- (plus taxes). Moreover as part of our Destination No.1 campaign, we are offering tickets at Rs Six (plus taxes) on the Bangalore-Coimbatore sector.

''This new service along with the lowest possible fares would indeed provide a convenient travel option to thousands of people planning a trip between the two cities''.

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