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Air Deccan Flight Ticket Bookings Open. Details Here

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According to NDTV  Air Deccan flight ticket bookings have started, with the airline set to begin flight operations from December 22, 2017. Initially, Air Deccan will fly on Mumbai, Nashik, Jalgaon, Pune and Kolhapur routes, according to its website – airdeccan.co.in. A search on the Air Deccan bookings portal on Friday showed tickets for one-way flights from Mumbai to Nashik at the end of December were available from Rs. 1,310. Air Deccan is the pioneer of low-cost airlines in India. Air Deccan is owned by Captain G R Gopinath, who brought the concept of low-cost airline in India in the early 2000s. Air Deccan later merged with now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines. The first of the Air Deccan flights will take off on December 22 taking off from Nashik to Mumbai, according to its website.

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Also, tickets for one-way flights from Pune to Nashik on December 30 were available for booking from Rs. 1,670, the portal showed.

Air Deccan will later have bases in Delhi and Kolkata. flying to cities around them. Five carriers, including Air Deccan, had won the rights to operate UDAN flights in the first round of bidding held in March. They were awarded 128 routes.

Air Deccan (airdeccan.co.in) will add more routes, according to its website. Air Deccan will soon open bookings for flights from Kolkata to destinations including Jamshedpur, Rourkela, Durgapur, Bagdogra, Cooch Behar and Agartala, and from New Delhi to Agra, Shimla, Ludhiana and Kullu, among others, according to the airline’s website.

Under the regional connectivity scheme (RCS), also known as UDAN (‘Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik’), airfares are capped at Rs. 2,500 per person for an hour’s flight to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities in which the government will provide subsidy for keeping tickets at low prices. It is aimed at improving air connectivity to Tier-2 and Tier-3 cities.

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SpiceJet to Reintroduce Seaplane Routes in 2025

In a major development for regional connectivity and tourism, Indian low-cost carrier SpiceJet has announced its plans to relaunch its seaplane services in 2025. As reported by News18.

This ambitious initiative marks the airline’s return to seaplane operations after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and it aims to improve access to some of India’s most remote and underserved regions.

The announcement was made in November 2024 by SpiceJet’s Chairman and Managing Director, spicejet ajay singh, during a demonstration flight from Prakasam Barrage in Vijayawada to the Srisailam Dam. The event was attended by Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu and Civil Aviation Minister K. Rammohan Naidu.

As part of this effort, SpiceJet has partnered with De Havilland for the trials and is providing crucial engineering, technical, and logistical support.

SpiceJet has been granted rights to operate seaplane services on 20 routes, including key destinations such as Lakshadweep, Hyderabad, Guwahati, and Shillong. The airline is now preparing to roll out services on these routes as soon as the necessary infrastructure is in place.

The airline originally pioneered India’s first scheduled seaplane service in October 2020, connecting the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad with the Statue of Unity in Kevadia, Gujarat. However, the operations were paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Now, spicejet is poised to resume this innovative mode of transport, continuing its commitment to the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme, which aims to make air travel more accessible to the masses.

SpiceJet’s CEO highlighted the role of seaplane services in bridging transportation gaps, particularly in areas that have limited access to conventional air travel. The upcoming resumption of seaplane operations is seen as a significant step forward in making travel to remote destinations more affordable and accessible.

Additionally, the airline sees potential for these services to support tourism, as well as provide a reliable transportation option during emergencies, such as natural disasters when land-based access is compromised.

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