The airline was established on 20 September 1991 and began operations on 3 December 1993 with two Boeing 737-200 aircraft as Sahara Airlines. Initially, services were primarily concentrated in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then operations were extended to cover all the country. Sahara Airlines was re-branded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000, although Sahara Airlines remains the carrier’s registered name. On 22 March 2004 it became an international carrier with the start of flights from Chennai to Colombo. It is part of the major Sahara India Pariwar business conglomerate. The uncertainty over the airline’s fate caused its share of the domestic Indian air transport market go down from approximately 11% in January 2006 to a reported 8.5% in April.

Jet Airways announced its first takeover attempt on January 19, 2006, offering US$500 million (2000 crore) in cash for the airline. Market reaction to the deal was mixed, with many analysts suggesting that Jet Airways was paying too much for Air Sahara. The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry gave approval in principle, but the deal was eventually called off over disagreements over price and the appointment of Jet chairman Naresh Goyal to the Air Sahara board. Following the failure of the deal, the companies filed lawsuits seeking damages from each other.
A second, eventually successful attempt was made on April 12, 2007 with Jet Airways agreeing to pay 1,450 crore rupees ($340 million). The deal gave Jet a combined domestic market share of about 32%.
On April 16th Jet Airways announced that Air Sahara will be renamed as JetLite. The takeover was officially completed on April 20th, when Jet Airways paid Rs. 400 crore.

Fleet: Jet Lite (as of Decmber, 2008) operates a fleet of 24 aircraft, which includes 17 Boeing 737 series(B737-300, B737-400, B737-700, B737-800, B737-800W) and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series(CRJ-200). Jet Lite operates 141 flights every day to 30 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo).

JetLite, (as of December, 2008) connects 26 domestic and 2 international destinations with over 108 flights a day:
Ahmedabad, Aurangabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneshwar, Chennai, Coimbatore, Colombo, Delhi, Dibrugarh, Goa, Gorakhpur, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Imphal, Indore, Jorhat, Kathmandu, Kochi, Kolkatta, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Patna, Port Blair, Pune, Raipur, Srinagar, Vishakhapatnam.

Corporate Office:

Jet Airways India Pvt. Ltd.
Jet Airways House,
13 Community Centre,
Yusufsarai,
New Delhi – 110 041
India.

Tel: +91-11-46095000

http://www.jetlite.com

On September 3, 2008 Kingfisher airline began its international operations by connecting Bangalore to London Heathrow. The airline also hopes to start flights to other international destinations in the future, like the US with Airbus A340-500 and Airbus A380-800 aircrafts.

In September 2008, Kingfisher announced its plans to raise US$100 million through equity.

Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya and his Jet Airways counterpart Naresh Goyal announced the alliance after a marathon meeting on 13th October 2008 at Mumbai, India. The alliance includes code-sharing on both domestic and international flights, joint fuel management to reduce expenses, common ground handling, joint utilisation of crew and sharing of similar frequent flier programmes.

Fleet: A 330,A 319, A 320 (Single Cabin), A 321 (Single Cabin), A 320 (Dual Cabin), A 321 (Dual Cabin) – 1, A 321 (Dual Cabin) – 2, ATR 72 – 500, ATR 42 – 500, Standby (ATR 72 – 500), Standby (ATR 42 – 500), Standby A320 (Dual Cabin), Standby A320, Standby A319 (Single Cabin), Standby A321 (Single Cabin).

Registered Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
UB Tower, Level 12,
UB City, 24, Vittal Mallya Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA.

Tel: +91-80-22272808 / 22275809
Fax: +91-80-22274890

Corporate Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
Kingfisher House,
Western Express Highway. Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai – 400 057
India.

Tel: +91-22-26262200
Fax: +91-22-67020625

List of offices

http://www.flykingfisher.com

Kingfisher Red, formerly known as Simplifly Deccan and previously as Air Deccan, is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It is India’s first low-cost carrier and is now a subsidiary of Kingfisher Airlines. The Bengaluru International Airport serves as the airline’s primary hub.

Formerly known as Air Deccan the airline is operated by Deccan Aviation. It was started by Captain G. R. Gopinath and its first flight was launched on 23 August 2003 from Bangalore to Hubballi. It was known popularly as the common man’s airlines, with is logo showing two palms joining together. The dream of Captain Gopinath was to enable “every Indian to fly at least once in his/her lifetime.” Air Deccan was the first airline in India to fly to second tier cities like Hubballi, Mangalore, Madurai and Visakhapatnam from metropolitan areas like Bangalore and Chennai.
On 25 January 2006, Deccan filed a red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI). Deccan planned to offload 25% of its stake in the initial public offering (IPO) planned for late March or early April. 24.5 million equity shares of ten rupees each were to be divested at a price to be announced later to raise Rs Cr ($250-300 million). The proceed from the IPO was to be used to set up a training centre in Bangalore and a maintenance facility in Chennai. However, due to stock market downturn, Air Deccan’s IPO barely managed to scrape through (after extending the issue closing date), but it was a flop on listing. Its shares were listed at a discount of about 50 per cent to the issue price of Rs 148.65.

The airline had switched to US-based airline reservations hosting service provider Radixx International, becoming the second major domestic Indian carrier to switch to the Radixx Air Enterprise system. GoAir is the first Indian Domestic carrier using Radixx reservation system. Before moving to radixx reservation system, Deccan was using reservation system provided by Delhi based company, Interglobe Technologies.

On 19 December 2007 Air Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines decided to merge, following which Deccan Aviation was renamed ‘Kingfisher Red’. The merger was effective April 2008, with Vijay Mallya serving as the Chairman and CEO of the new company, while Capt. G. R. Gopinath as its vice-chairman. The move also allowed Kingfisher to bypass the 5-year wait to fly to international destinations. It is believed that Deccan will fly to the Gulf and Southeast Asia, while Kingfisher will serve Europe and North America.
The company is currently owned by Deccan Aviation (~52%) and the United Breweries Group (~46%).

Fleet: The Kingfisher Red fleet consists the following aircraft (as of August 2008): ATR 42, ATR 72, Airbus A320-232

Registered Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
UB Tower, Level 12,
UB City, 24, Vittal Mallya Road,
Bangalore – 560 001
INDIA.

Tel: +91-80-22272808 / 22275809
Fax: +91-80-22274890

Corporate Office:

Kingfisher Airlines,
Kingfisher House,
Western Express Highway. Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai – 400 057
India.

Tel: +91-22-26262200
Fax: +91-22-67020625

List of offices

http://www.flyairdeccan.net

Go Air is a low-cost airline based in Mumbai, India. It operates domestic passenger services to 11 cities with 385 weekly flights. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.

The airline was established in June 2004. On 9 June 2005 GoAir announced that it intended to launch operations in October 2005 with a fleet of 20 leased Airbus A320 aircrafts. Initial flights were in the southern and western areas of India with the first nine A320s, the remaining 11 aircraft being added in the second year. It started operations on 4 November 2005. An order for 10 aircraft from the Airbus A320 family (with options for 10 more) was announced in July 2006. GoAir announced in mid-January 2007 that it plans to sell a large minority ownership position to assist it with funds for continued expansion as well as to improve chances for the sale and leaseback of additional A320 aircraft.

The airline has a strategic tie-up with Singapore Airlines Engineering Company (SIAEC), one of the Best engineering companies in the world, for its maintenance and engineering requirements of its aircraft. The airline has also partnered with Radixx International of Orlando, Florida, a leading technology provider of automated aviation and travel related software solutions, for the use of its Air Enterprise. Radixx has taken over all reservations and passenger management functions from GoAir’s previous vendor.

Go Air is wholly owned by the Wadia Group, which has been synonymous with leading Indian companies, through its brands Britannia and Bombay Dyeing.

Fleet: The airline uses the state-of-the-art Airbus A320 aircraft fleet. As part of its aggressive future outlook, GoAir plans to increase its fleet size to 18 by March 2009 and 34 to March 2011 to induct new routes while efficiently servicing existing ones.

Go Air serves the following cities in India:

• Ahmedabad
• Bagdogra
• Bengalooru
• Chandigarh
• Cochin
• Delhi
• Goa
• Guwahati
• Jaipur
• Jammu
• Leh
• Lucknow
• Mumbai
• Nagpur
• Nanded
• Patna
• Pune
• Srinagar

Head Office:

GoAirlines (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Paper Box House,
Off Mahakali Caves Road,
Andheri(E),
Mumbai-400 093.
India

Tel: +91-22-67420499 / 67420300
Fax: +91-22-67410001

http://www.goair.in

Jet Airways and Air Sahara were the only private airlines to survive the Indian business downturn of the early 1990s. In January 2006, Jet Airways announced that it would buy Air Sahara for US$500 million in an all-cash deal, making it the biggest takeover in Indian aviation history. The resulting airline would have been the country’s largest but the deal fell through in June 2006.
On 12 April 2007, Jet Airways agreed to buy out Air Sahara for 14.5 billion rupees (US$340 million). Air Sahara was renamed JetLite, and was marketed between a low-cost carrier and a full service airline. In August 2008, Jet Airways announced its plans to completely integrate JetLite into Jet Airways.

Jet Airways serves 64 destinations by itself and 22 destinations across the world through Code Sharing. In addition to destinations across India and other parts of the Indian subcontinent (Colombo, Dhaka, Kathmandu), Jet Airways expanded international operations to include destinations in Asia (Bangkok, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Shanghai [ending January 13, 2009], Singapore), Europe (Brussels, London), the Middle East (Abu Dhabi, Dubai , Bahrain, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat) and North America (New York, Newark, San Francisco [ending January 13, 2009], Toronto). By July 2007, it was connecting India with over 50 international destinations.
Jet Airways operates a scissors-hub in Brussels, with four Indian cities (Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Mumbai) connected to three North American cities (New York, Newark, Toronto).
Citing the economical downturn of 2008, Jet Airways will suspend the Brussels-Bengalore route as from January 12th 2009, and reduce the capacity on the Mumbai-Brussels-Newark route by replacing its flagship Boeing 777-300ER to an Airbus A330-200 as from January 21st 2009.
Jet Airways will end service to Shanghai, China and San Francisco on January 13, 2009.

International Air Transport Association (IATA) Membership: Jet Airways is a member of the IATA Clearing House and a participant of the IATA Multilateral Agreement for passengers and cargo traffic.

IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration: Jet Airways (India) Ltd. has earned the distinction of receiving the IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Registration. The airline has successfully completed the Operational Safety Audit and has entered into the IOSA Registry.

Fleet: Jet Airways, as on December 2008, operates a fleet of 85 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 11 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.45 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.

Class of Service:
A.  For the domestic sectors: Business branded – “Première”
For the international Sectors: First Class, Business Class branded – “Première”.
B.  Economy

Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal and his Kingfisher counterpart Vijay Mallya announced an alliance after a meeting on 13th October 2008 at Mumbai, India. The alliance will include code-sharing on both domestic and international flights, joint fuel management to reduce expenses, common ground handling, joint utilisation of crew and sharing of similar frequent flier programmes.

Registered Office:

Jet Airways (India) Ltd.
S.M. Centre,
Andheri-Kurla Road,
Andheri (East),
Mumbai – 400 059.
India

Tel: +91-22-40191000
Fax: +91-22-29201313

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http://www.jetairways.com

The airline commenced operations on 4 August 2006 with a service from Delhi to Imphal via Guwahati. The airline is owned by InterGlobe Enterprises. It took delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft on 28 July 2006 and received six aircraft during 2006. Nine more aircraft were delivered in 2007 taking the total to 15. The carrier has set a target of serving approximately 30 Indian cities by 2010 with a fleet size of 40 A320 and A321 aircraft. The airline will receive all 100 A320 family aircraft by 2016.

Former US Airways Executive Vice-President, Marketing and Planning Bruce Ashby joined IndiGo Airlines as their Chief Executive Officer. The Indian Government has approved the airline’s aircraft import plan “in principle”. The airline has also acquired 3 parking spots in New Delhi and Mumbai airports.

IndiGo operate scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of July 2008):

Agartala – Singerbhil Airport
Ahmedabad – Sardar Patel Airport
Bengaluru – Bengaluru Airport
Bhubaneswar – Biju Patnaik Airport
Chennai – Chennai International Airport
Cochin – Nedumbassery Airport
Delhi – Indira Gandhi Airport
Goa – Dabolim Airport
Guwahati – Lokpriya Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport
Hyderabad – Shamshabad Airport
Imphal – Imphal Airport
Jaipur – Sanganer Airport
Kolkata – Subhash Chandra Bose Airport
Mumbai – Chhatrapati Shivaji Airport
Nagpur – Sonegaon Airport
Pune – Lohegaon Airport
Udaipur – Maharana Pratap Airport
Vadodara – Harni Airport
Vizag – (Vizag Airport) [planned January 2009]

Fleet: Indigo’s fleet as on December 2008, has only Airbus A320-200 (19 in number).

Corporate Office:

Indigo
Level 1, Tower C,
Global Business Park,
Mehrauli-Gurgaon Road,
Gurgaon – 122 002,
Haryana,
India.

Tel: +91-124-4352500
Fax: +91-124-4068536

List of offices

http://www.goindigo.in

SpiceJet was voted as the best low-cost airline in South Asia and Central Asia region by Skytrax in 2007. Rising fuel costs and increasing competition resulted in SpiceJet posting a loss in the first quarter of 2008-09. In August 2008, SpiceJet announced plans to raise US$100 million through foreign investment.

On July 15, 2008 Billionaire Wilbur Ross suggested he would invest $80 million (about Rs 345 crore) in the low cost airline. The board of directors of SpiceJet accepted an offer in-principle from the US-based PE firm that would make available about Rs 345 crore to SpiceJet, a joint statement issued by SpiceJet and WL Ross & Co.

SpiceJet’s new generation fleet of aircraft is backed by cutting edge technology and infrastructure to ensure the highest standards in operating efficiency. It has maintenance support and state of the art technology from world leaders like KLM, Star Navigation, Russel Adams and Tech Log. Spice Jet currently flies to 11 destinations. These include: Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chennai, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Jammu, Kolkata, Mumbai, Pune, and Srinagar.

Spicejet operate scheduled flights to the following domestic destinations (as of December 2008):

• Ahmedabad
• Bagdogra
• Bangalore
• Chennai
• Coimbatore
• Delhi
• Goa
• Guwahati
• Hyderabad
• Jammu
• Kolkata
• Mumbai
• Pune
• Srinagar
• Varanasi
• Vizag

Fleet: SpiceJet has chosen a single-aircraft-type fleet, which allows for greater efficiency in maintenance, and supports the low-cost structure. The airline has opted for the new-generation Boeing 737-800s with winglets and Boeing 737-900ER. These aircraft allow for safe, comfortable and efficient flying and are ideally suited for short to medium-haul flights in Indian conditions.

Registered Office:

SpiceJet Ltd.,
Cargo Complex,
Terminal 1-B,
Indira Gandhi International Airport,
Domestic Terminal,
New Delhi – 110 037.
India

Corporate Office:

SpiceJet Ltd.,
319, Udyog Vihar,
Phase IV,
Gurgaon,
Haryana,
India.

Tel: +91-9871803333

http://www.spicejet.com