"Commercial operation with daily flight to Hubballi and Thiruvananthapuram from Bengaluru has commenced from today," Air Pegasus Managing Director Shyson Thomas told reporters here.
The company plans to have five ATR aircraft in South India by December and would increase it to 20. "We plan to have five ATRs in Southern region of the country and will increase it to twenty," Thomas said.
"Connecting to the country's IT capital, the newly launched flights will boost the economies of these two towns, by simplifying the travel options for both in-bound and out- bound passengers," he said.
Decor Aviation, which is part of the Decor Group of Companies, will provide ground handling services to Indian and foreign carriers across eleven airports in India, Thomas said.
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Based out of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, Air Pegasus will subsequently scale up its services gradually to connect Kochi, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Belagavi, Rajahmundry, Puducherry and Madurai, Thomas said.
Decor Aviation, which is part of the Decor Group of Companies, provides ground handling services to Indian and foreign carriers across 11 airports in India.
Bangalore-based Air Pegasus, which recently acquired flying permit from aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation, is the third new airline to receive it from the DGCA, after AirAsia India and Vistara, in last one year.