Tag: low-cost airline
TruJet starts Bengaluru-Hyderabad flight
September 11 (TravelAndy): TruJet, a low-cost airline based in Hyderabad, India, started its inaugural flight between Bengaluru and Hyderabad on Thursday.
“Our vision is to connect Tier I cities with Tier II and Tier III ones as we see great potential in that segment,” said Vankayalapati Umesh, MD of Turbo Megha Airways Pvt. Ltd, which promotes the airline.
TruJet also has plans to connect Bengaluru with Mangaluru, Ballari, and Hubballi. Continue reading TruJet starts Bengaluru-Hyderabad flight
Africa takes low-cost air route
August 31 (TravelAndy): President of Gabonese republic H.E Ali Bongo Ondimba has announced the launch of a pan-African airline flyafrica.com.
This low cost airline is aimed at increasing commercial activity, job opportunity and tourism across the continent.
“Air transport is indispensable for tourism, where convenient air service facilitates the arrival of larger numbers of tourists,” said Ondimba. Continue reading Africa takes low-cost air route
Australia: Jetstar popularity growing
May 2 (TravelAndy): Low-cost airline Jetstar has been consistently attracting more passengers, reports quoting Qantas said.
Jetstar is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qantas, Australia’s flag carrier airline.
Till March, Jetstar’s domestic passengers went up by 5.3 per cent and Jetstar International’s by 2.4 per cent. During the same time, Qantas domestic services witnessed a decline of passenger boarding by 1.2 per cent; Qantas International by 0.9 per cent.
“The service levels that are being provided by the likes of Jetstar are not low cost,” News.com.au quoted Neil Hansford, an aviation expert, as saying.