Captain R Gopinath brought Air Deccan in 2003 and introduced the LCC (low-cost carrier) model to India. But he had to sell ...

More consolidation has come to the Indian market with the parent of Kingfisher Airlines buying the biggest single stake in rival Air Deccan. UB Group agreed in early June to acquire 26% of Air Deccan ...

Almost three years after Captain Gopinath was forced to sell his debt-hit Air Deccan to fellow Bangalorean and rival Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, the skies have again turned turbulent for him.

Air Deccan’s Sri Lankan affiliate Deccan Lanka is seeking to launch scheduled passenger services from Sri Lanka to India with Airbus A320s and ATR 42/72s using one of two international licences the ...

High operating costs, volatile fuel prices, thin margins, regulatory pressure, and fierce competition make aviation one of ...

Air Deccan inaugurated its first maintenance hangar, located at Chennai International Airport. The new maintenance hall has space for one A320 or two ATR aircraft at a time and features an engineering ...

G.R. Gopinath's Air Deccan symbolizes how India has joined the world's mass market. When Gorur Ramaswamy Gopinath first broached the idea of starting a budget airline in 2002, no one took him ...

I can't help but feel a tinge of sadness for Air Deccan, as we knew it since 2004. As I woke up one morning to see full page advertisements in the dailies announcing the extinction of the yellow and ...

Last week, police had raided City bar, a pub in upscale UB City, Bangalores biggest commercial property pioneered by Vijay Mallya. It has now emerged that the crackdown was the result of a complaint ...

Air Deccan Managing Director and Founder Capt. (ret.) G.R. Gopinath Now that it has discovered the low-cost carrier model, Asia is moving quickly to master it. Discount carriers' share of the region's ...

In a move that could signal a synergy of operations among domestic carriers, the G R Gopinath-promoted Air Deccan is exploring code sharing options with full-service airlines and other low-cost ...