Air Deccan to launch flight to Leh from Delhi

Bangalore, Apr 28: Air Deccan, India's largest low cost airline, today announced the launch of new flights connecting Delhi to Leh, the capital of Ladakh starting May 23.

Bookings for the new sector opened today. A 180-seater Airbus A 320 aircraft would be deployed on this sector, Air Deccan announced in a release here.

Capt G.R Gopinath, Managing Director Air Deccan said Low cost air connectivity was a basic necessity for a region like Ladakh considering its undulating and mountainous terrain and the fact that it was perpetually inaccessible for most parts of the year.

He said over the last few years the tourist inflow into Ladakh had gone up and approximately 40,000 tourists visited the region in the year 2006. Air Deccan would be the first low cost airline connecting Ladakh by air and hoped his Airliner would prove to be the catalyst for the growth of the region.

The Daily flight would leave Delhi at 0520 hrs and reach Leh at 0650 hrs. In the return journey, the flight would take off at Leh at 0720 hrs and land in Delhi at 0840 hrs.

Air Deccan offered dynamic pricing on its entire seat inventory.

The pricing was a function of demand and supply of seats at any given point in time. The earlier one books, the lesser one pays.

Fares on the Delhi-Leh sector start at Rs 0/- (plus taxes and surcharge).

UNI