Air Deccan increases seat capacity in south

Bangalore, July 6: Low cost airliner Air Deccan today announced enhancement of its seat capacity for southern travellers to meet the growing demand.

The airline in a release here sid that it had replaced its 72 seat ATR 72 with a brand new 180 seater Air Bus 320 on its existing Chennai-Madurai and Chennai Coimbatore sectors. It has also introduced an additional ATR 72 flight from Chennai to Trivandrum in the evening making it convenient for business travelers seeking day return flights.

Air Deccan has on offer more than 2.5 lakh seats per month in South India alone and leads the market with 40 per cent market share in terms of seats offered in the region.

Air Deccan CEO, Ramki Sundaram said, ''Air Deccan has led the low cost revolution in India which has resulted in remarkable growth not only in leisure but business travel as well. With time being at a premium, corporate travelers to small businessmen and SMEs have all switched from trains to low cost air travel. Cities of the past like Trivandrum, Madurai and Coimbatore are becoming cities of the future. They are developing into modern cities with big IT and corporate companies setting up infrastructure. Our flights at affordable fares are being sought by leisure as well as business travelers on these routes''.

He said Air Deccan offered the largest seat inventory amongst all airlines in the South connecting as many as 19 destinations.

''Our constant thrust is on providing the best connectivity across India coupled with on-time and reliable performance. We fly close to 3000 flights a month within the South and in June 2007 more than 2800 flights were on-time within one hour and approximately 2500 flights were on-time within 15 minutes'' he added.

UNI