Air Deccan lays claim to No: 2 spot on Indian skies

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http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/001200607251810.htm Air Deccan lays claim to No: 2 spot on Indian skies New Delhi, July 25. (PTI): India's first low cost airline Air Deccan today claimed to have surpassed state-owned Indian airlines to become the country's number two airlines with a market share of 21.2 per cent, as of June end this year. "Air Deccan has garnered a market share of 21.2 per cent in June, a rise of 1.8 per cent since May 2005, while the market of Indian dipped to 20.8 per cent in the month of June," a company release claimed here today. "Air Deccan with its unconventional business model brought the luxury of flying to the common man in India. Dynamic pricing coupled with wide connectivity, rapid expansion of fleet and several other steps enabled us in becoming the second airline in the country within such a short span of time," its Managing Director Capt G R Gopinath said in the statement. Air Deccan, which started operations in August 2003, has seen a very rapid growth having flown over 5.8 million passengers since inception. Gopinath said that the rise of Air Deccan was an indicative that the country had an appetite for low cost airlines. "If we go by the current rate of growth we are witnessing, it won't be long before we become the largest people carrier with the largest fleet offering the largest connectivity and the lowest fares," he said. Operating to 55 destinations across the country with a fleet of 14 Airbus A-320 and 21 turbo propelled aircraft, Air Deccan very recently placed an order for 96 new planes, which will be delivered over a period of 96 months. A bit debateable. Whose figures are these? Accd to the DGCA, Paralimanrtay panel on civil aviation and CAPA, Jet was top with about 33%, Indian actually rose from 19% to 23% and Deccan came third with about 17%. The rest was Kingfisher 9% and the remainder among the other airlines. -- Edited by karatecatman at 01:02, 2006-07-26 __________________ KCM

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Freshers garner 38.5% of domestic skies in June	Permalink Closed

Here it is!!So is it wishful thinking by Gopinath? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/1767725.cms Freshers garner 38.5% of domestic skies in June Byas Anand [ 17 Jul, 2006 2323hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ] RSS Feeds\| SMS NEWS to 8888 for latest updates NEW DELHI: Here's to the coming of age of India's start-up carriers. The group of five start-ups in the domestic skies - Air Deccan, Kingfisher Airlines, SpiceJet, GoAir and Paramount Airways - have together cornered 38.5% of the Indian skies in June 2006. This marks a 2.5% growth in their cumulative marketshare over 36% held in May 2006. According to latest air travel data with the directorate general of civil aviation (DGCA), the three low-cost airlines alone now account for slightly over 30% of the domestic air travel pie. While Air Deccan has ended June with a 20.3% share of the market, SpiceJet controls 7.8% of the market, followed by Wadia family's GoAir at 2%. The two full-service start-ups - Kingfisher and Paramount - together account for 8.4% of the air travel market. Jet Airways continued to be the largest domestic airline, though its share of the pie has dropped slightly to 31.2%. Air Sahara, also saw its market share drop slightly to 7.3% in June, while state-owned Indian Airlines has seen its share grow to 23%. "The low-fare revolution seems to have really caught the Indian holidayer's fancy, resulting in a huge jump in numbers for first-time air travellers. And its this population that helped the low-cost airlines notch higher market shares in June, which is the peak travel month for summer," an industry watcher said. Analysts added that despite a dip in market share, even the legacy carriers have seen their passenger carriage improve during the month. "The low-cost airlines' growth has not been at the expense of legacy carriers. The market pie has grown in size and so, their share has shrunk. But their passenger carriage is still high," an analyst pointed out. -- Edited by karatecatman at 01:03, 2006-07-26 __________________ KCM

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The markets are happy with both the figures catman, deccan has risen by 14.46% today to reach Rs74/- considering that this stock entered the market during a huge bear phase it has managed to do well. I only wish i had put my money where my mouth is, i was talking deccan up only the day before -- Edited by tayara mechanici at 02:57, 2006-07-26 __________________

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Indian, Air Deccan lock horns over No. 2 slot	Permalink Closed

Indian has reacted very strongly, quoting CAPA and DGCA figures. Gopinath make be cooking up figures! http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?leftnm=1&subLeft=1&chklogin=N&autono=99424&tab=r Indian, Air Deccan lock horns over No. 2 slot Our Corporate Bureau / New Delhi July 26, 2006 A war of claims regarding market share has erupted in the Indian skies with both, the state-run Indian and low-cost carrier Air Deccan, claiming the number two position behind Jet Airways. Air Deccan today claimed that it has become the second largest airline in the country with a market share of 21.2 per cent in June while the market share of Indian dipped to 20.8 per cent in June. Indian on its part said it continued to be the second largest domestic airline in the country. According to June data from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Indian is right. Its market share is 21.8 per cent, while Air Deccan's is 20.3 per cent. Jet Airways continues to be the largest domestic carrier with a market share of 30 per cent. Air Deccan attributes the growth to the aggressive expansions undertaken by it in the last three years of its operation. As per the DGCA data, the capacity and seat deployed by Air Deccan has gone upto 11.7 per cent in January this year to 17.6 per cent in June. However, the capacity of Indian has declined to 24.1 per cent in June from 28.4 per cent in January. G R Gopinath, managing director, Air Deccan, said: "Dynamic pricing coupled with wide connectivity, rapid expansion of fleet and several other innovative steps enabled us in becoming the second largest airline in the country in such a short period of time." Senior Indian executives said that the airline is facing stiff constrains in terms of aircraft availability due to maintenance backlog as well as deployment of aircraft on international routes and on relief operations. Out of the total fleet of 48 aircraft, Indian should ideally be flying 42 aircraft. But, it has been able to deploy only 36 aircraft at present on domestic routes. Indian executives are of the view that the airline's market share will go up considerably with the induction of new aircraft, which are expected to join its fleet from October 2006 as a part of its aircraft acquisition plan. -- Edited by karatecatman at 14:31, 2006-07-26 -- Edited by karatecatman at 14:30, 2006-07-26 __________________ KCM

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Deccan hasn’t flown past, says Indian	Permalink Closed

http://www.dnaindia.com/report.asp?NewsID=1043966 *Deccan hasn’t flown past, says Indian* BANGALORE: A dogfight has broken out over Indian skies, which promises to break the “sound barrier” soon. Indian, the national flag carrier, says it remains firmly the No. 2 airline in the country, no matter what Air Deccan claims. Data from Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) sources endorses this. According to the figures, between January and June, Indian’s market share has come down from 25% to 21.8%, while Air Deccan’s has risen from 13.3% in January to 20.3%. Clearly, Indian remains the No. 2 airline. Air Deccan had on Monday claimed in a press note that Indian’s market share is at 20.8%, while its own stood at 21.2% in June. Where it got the statistics it did not say. But its state-owned rival issued a note on Wednesday saying, “Indian would like to emphatically and unequivocally state that it continued to be the second largest airline in the country. Indian’s market share in June was 22%.” An Air Deccan spokesperson told DNA Money that it has asked the DGCA for the market share figures for June, which it expected to receive on Thursday. “Till we get the data from DGCA, we would like to stick to our claim,” he said. An aviation analyst said this could very well be a case of too much excitement too soon at Air Deccan. Considering the goings-on at the national carrier, it wouldn’t be long before Air Deccan actually does fly ahead, he says. Another legacy carrier whose market share has taken a thrashing in the last six months is Air Sahara. Two start-up airlines - full-service carrier Kingfisher Air and low-cost SpiceJet (which started operations in May last year) - have winged past Sahara’s 7.3% spoils to 8% and 7.8%, respectively, in June. -- Edited by karatecatman at 16:05, 2006-07-27 __________________ KCM

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New airlines capture 31 pc market share in Q1	Permalink Closed

This should settle the fight! http://www.thehindubusinessline.com/2006/08/05/stories/2006080503930900.htm New airlines capture 31 pc market share in Q1 Our Bureau Jet, Indian Air Sahara see downtrend -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- All the airlines have seen an increase in the number of passengers carried in the first quarter. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Delhi , Aug. 4 New entrants in the domestic skies such as Air Deccan, SpiceJet, GoAir, Kingfisher and Paramount have together garnered a market share of more than 31 per cent during the first quarter of this year. The biggest beneficiary has been the Bangalore-based Air Deccan whose market share has more than doubled to 15.2 per cent,up from 7 per cent during the same period in the previous year. The latest data released by the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) shows that Kingfisher and SpiceJet captured a market share of 8.3 per cent and 6 per cent respectively. The Coimbatore-based Paramount Airways reported a market share of 0.3 per cent while GoAir promoted by Mr Jeh Wadia had a market share of 1.6 per cent. These four airlines took to the skies after the first quarter of last year. Contrast In sharp contrast, the three legacy airlines — Jet Airways, Indian and Air Sahara — saw their market share slipping. Jet Airways continued its dominance during the first quarter of this year with a market share of 34.9 per cent, below the 44.1 per cent share it enjoyed during the same period in the previous year. Indian's share touched 23.9 per cent (34.7 per cent), while Air Sahara reported just under 10 per cent (14 per cent). All the airlines have seen an increase in the number of passengers carried in the first quarter. While Air Deccan carried more than 11.02 lakh passengers, (3.4 lakh), Kingfisher Airlines 6.05 lakh and SpiceJet 4.34 lakh. Jet Airways carried 25.28 lakh passengers (18.63 lakh),. Indian 17.35 lakh (16.76 lakh) while Air Sahara 7.06 lakh (6.87 lakh). __________________ KCM

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Thats interesting __________________ Light travels faster than sound...thats why people appear bright, until you hear them talk!