First low-cost airline ready for second take-off

Air Deccan to start operations from December 23

After much delay due to airport slot constraints, Captain Gopinath’s Air Deccan is set to relaunch operations with its first flight under the government's Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme on December 23.

Air Deccan, which was India’s first domestic budget airline, will initially start operations from four cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, and Shillong — and connect its passengeRe to smaller cities. Tickets can be booked on the airline’s website from Thursday.

“The common man takes to the skies again,” read the slogan of the airline in a newspaper advertisement on Wednesday. The airline also said it would