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Sky King Aviation gets NoC to operate in NE


Aizawl, Sep 13 (UNI)


Ministry of Civil Aviation has granted the initial No Objection Certificate (NoC) to Sky King Aviation, a private airliner of India to operate exclusively in the North-East region. The airline is to decide on using Boeing 737, Airbus A319 or ATR series of aricraft. 


Airport Authority of India (AAI) sources here today said that as part of the initiatives to improve air connectivity in NE states, the ministry has accepted Sky King’s plan to operate from Agartala, Aizwal, Dibrugarh, Guwahati, Leelabari, Silchar, Dimapur, Imphal, Shillong and Tura.


Another proposal of Surya Air for non-scheduled operations with short haul feeder air services in NE states is also under active consideration of the ministry. Surya Air has proposed to provide air connectivity to Agartala, Aizwal, Bagdogra, Dimapur, Imphal, Leelabari and Silchar.


AAI operates and manages 22 airports and civil enclaves in the 8 States in NE and AAI has a plan to spend about Rs 125 crores on modernization, upgradation and improvement of facilities of the airports in the region during tenth five year plan.


New terminal buildings have been completed at Leelabari and Dimapur. Expansion of Terminal building at Guwahati and Silchar have also been completed. Moreover strengthening and extension of runway for A-320 operation has been completed at Dimapur, Agartala, Imphal and Leelabari airports.


AAI has also prepared a detailed project report for construction of a Greenfield airport in Sikkim at an estimated cost of Rs 340 crores and Government of Sikkim has requested AAI to take up this work as deposit work and assured to provide Rs 100 crores along with the required land.


AAI has prepared a detailed Techno-feasibility report along with estimate on the request of State Government and has forwarded it to Government of Sikkim and Planning Commission. The funding of the project is yet to be finalized by the Government.


Apart from that the sites for construction of Greenfield airport near Kohima and Itanagar have been identified of for ATR-72 operation, the sources added. 



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An article in the Times of India (not able to get the link) shows the chaos ahead.


Low-cost carriers wait in the wings
Manju V
[ 6 Sep, 2006 0055hrs ISTTIMES NEWS NETWORK ]

MUMBAI: Travelling to places like Jaipur, Trichi, Indore and Guwahati will soon be easier as half-a-dozen lowcost airlines will be launching services soon. Six out of the 12 airlines that sought permission to launch operations in the last year, need a final nod from civil aviation minister.

This year only IndiGo has taken to the air with two aircraft. Now, with the Aircraft Acquisition Committee (AAC) clearing six out of the 12 proposals for starting new carriers, there may be some activity towards the end of the year.

"Most of the airlines have applied for non-metro sectors. But there are also flights linking metros to non-metros," an official said. Officials say the six airlines that need the minister’s nod are Mukti Airways, Mega Airways, Magic Airlines, Air Dravid, Air One Feeder and Sky King Airways. Others in the pipeline, awaiting clearance from AAC, include King Airways, Star Aviation, Aryan Airways, Jagson Airways and Premier Airline.

"Promoters of these airlines are from varied backgrounds, like real estate, public relations and advertising," an official said. Mega Airways, for instance, is promoted by Kolkata-based real estate businessman Rajkumar Gupta; the airline will be flying to northeastern states. Ahmedabad-based Mukti Airways will be starting operations with five ATRs to fly to Goa, Mumbai and Aurangabad. Air One plans to start operations with the 50-seater Embraer jets.

Analysts say these airlines will bring competitive fares to non-metros. "They have realised there are infrastructure constraints in metros and profits can be made by tapping regional sectors," an analyst said.

-- Edited by karatecatman at 16:40, 2006-09-13

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http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:PiBEDaruyLkJ:www.nenews.info/index.php%3Fid%3D696+sky+king+aviation%2Bindia&hl=en&gl=in&ct=clnk&cd=12


Airline exclusively for the Northeast     
 
Posted: 06/09/2006 - 17:33
• This is the first time that a private carrier has been allowed to operate in the Northeast. The services, scheduled to start by December, will connect 10 destinations.



Shillong, Sept 06:  Thanks to Skyking Aviation, a year-old Shillong-based company, the Northeast will finally see a regional player take the skies.


Skyking has secured a no-objection certificate from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation to start flying in all the seven northeastern states.


This is the first time that a private carrier has been allowed to operate in the Northeast. The services, scheduled to start by December, will connect 10 destinations. In the first phase, the low-cost airline will fly daily to cities including Aizwal, Agartala, Imphal, Dibrugarh, Lilabari, and Barapani with Guwahati as the main hub. The second phase will connect destinations like Bagdogra, Jorhat and Gangtok. Fares will hover in the range of Rs 1,500 to Rs 2,000.


Ronal Rickman Sangma, Skyking’s promoter and one of the directors said discussions are on with ’s GE Capital Aviation Services, a unit of GE Capital Services, to raise funds and lay out the financial plan.


The company is already in negotiations to take on lease one five-year-old 35-seater and four 50-seater Bombardier aircraft. It is also talking to Lufthansa and other companies for leasing planes like the Boeing 737 and the Airbus A319. There are 25 airports in the Northeast and three more are being developed in Gangtok, Kohima and Itanagar, capitals of , Nagaland and AP, respectively.


 



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http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=201712
Indus Airlines shoots off in demo flight tomorrow
 
Munish Shekhavat
 
Chandigargh, September 17: In order to get the officials and travel agents the feel of the new prospects in the region, Indus Airlines is holding a demo flight tomorrow covering Jammu and Chandigarh. The flight is expected to take off from New Delhi Airport in the morning and then go to Jammu to land at Chandigarh before flying off to New Delhi.


According to General Manager Operations, Indus Airlines, Capt MS Sandhu, the flight is being conducted for a dual purpose. “Tomorrow’s flight will give senior executives of the airline a chance to know the area better as well as help the Bombardier company, which is expected to supply CRJ-200 aircraft for this route, to package its aircraft for other companies also”, he said.


Speaking to Newsline he said that the 90-seater plane will be carrying about 70 guests on board, which will include prominent travel agents and mediapersons in addition to top airline executives. “Whenever a flight has to be introduced such demonstration flights are undertaken by the airline companies across the globe”, said Sandhu.


Sources reveal that the demonstration flight is precursor to the proposed direct flight on Chandigarh-Mumbai section by the Indus Airlines. According to the sources, the proposed flight was to resume in September but could not be started till now. “If everything goes as planned, the proposed flight would be on by mid-October”, Sandhu said.


At present there is only one flight for Mumbai from Chandigarh, operated by Indian. But this flight is not direct and has a stoppage at New Delhi.


 



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90 seater? Bombardier?


S2's CRJ200 are enough as it is! the CRJ900 will be a nightmare!! Wouldnt Embraer have been cheaper?


 



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Wonder who is actually deciding the Type for them.


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http://www.financialexpress.com/fe_full_story.php?content_id=141606
Indus, India’s 14th airline, to fly in Oct 
 
ATREYEE DEV ROY
Posted online: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 at 0000 hours IST 
  
 
NEW DELHI, SEPT 26:  India will get its 5th full service carrier and 14th scheduled airline as Indus Airways, promoted by liquor baron Kapil Mohan of Mohan Meakins, takes to air in October.
The airline, which will start operation on Delhi-Chandigarh sector, will eventually expand its operations to Mumbai, Bangalore, Goa and Kolkata as well.


With the growth in capacity exceeding the growth in demand in the sector and increase in fuel prices lowering yields of the airline companies, the company plans to save on fuel prices by operating smaller aircraft in the beginning, a company official said. Later on it will consider the 737.


"We will be starting operations in a month's time. We have already received two 50-seater aircraft," Indus Airways chairman Kapil Mohan told FE.


The airline had received the no objection certificate (NOC) along with Royal Airways, Inter Globe Aviation, Kingfisher Airlines and Go Airlines in 2005. But, since it didn't start operations within a year, the company had to renew the NOC, industry sources said.


"If everything goes as per schedule, we should be able to start operations in second week of October," Indus Airways sources said.


Other airlines expected to start operations are Mukti Airways, Mega Airways, Magic Airlines, Air Dravid, Air One Feeder and Sky King Airways.
 



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50 seater will it be CRJs or Fokkers?

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http://www.business-standard.com/compindustry/storypage.php?leftnm=1&subLeft=2&chklogin=N&autono=262730&tab=r
Air borne
 
Ravi Teja Sharma / New Delhi October 25, 2006
 
 
 
AVIATION: Indus Air is set to connect major Indian cities 
 
It’s been a year of announcements by new airlines. Chennai-based Air Dravida announced its plans to operate Bombardier CRJ-200 aircraft on regional routes within south India and Surya Airlines its plans to commence operations by end of 2006 linking Guwahati with various towns in the north eastern part of India. Now Indus Air, to be launched by October-end, has announced its plan to fly a full service carrier. 
 
The CEO of the company, Capt A P C Kapoor said that the airline would be based in Delhi and will add a few more hubs in the future, the next being Chandigarh. Initially, the airline will connect cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chandigarh, Jammu, Allahabad, Pathankot and later expand pan India. 
 
“We will start with flying two 50-seater CRJ-200 jetliners of Canadian-make, one of which is already waiting in Delhi,” says Capt Kapoor. 
 
They also plan to induct CRJ 900 and B737-800/900 aircraft soon. “By March, we will have a total of five aircraft, including two Boeings,” he added. 
 
Incidentally, Indus Air is not competing with the low-cost carriers. “We will be priced similar to other airlines on the route,” says Kapoor. 
 
The aircraft will have single class configuration with leather seats, a good 32-inch seat pitch and will offer food (catered by Ambassador) as well. 
 
The target segment, explains Kapoor, is corporates and small and medium enterprises. The chairman of Indus Air is Brigadier Dr Kapil Mohan, CMD of Mohan Meakins, who has invested in Rs 100 crore in the airline. 


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