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Airline
First Airlines
Overview of Indian Aircraft Industry Major Players Market Share Low cost Airlines Low cost Airlines of India Advantage of low cost Airlines
Airlines
An airline provides air transport services for traveling
passengers and freight. Airlines lease or own their aircraft with which to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for mutual benefit. Generally, airline companies are recognized with an air operating certificate or license issued by a governmental aviation body.
Frederick Marriott, attempted to start airlines using airships in the mid-19th century, focusing on the New YorkCalifornia route.
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DELAG, Deutsche Luftschiffahrts-Aktiengesellschaft
India. Air India was founded by J. R. D. Tata in July 1932 as Tata Airlines, a division of Tata Sons Ltd. (now Tata Group). The slogan of Air India is Your Palace in the Sky
international travel have all had a significant impact on commercial aviation in India.
According to the airports authority of India (AAI), the
passenger traffic is expected to grow at over 20% in the next five years.
since 2003, when low fare travel in India was ushered in,
a number of low cost carriers (LCC) have entered to serve this fast growing market.
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However, all of the LCC carriers andwith rare
exceptionseven the full service carriers (FSC) charging higher fares have been making losses.
By and large, operating a commercial airline in India
Major Players
Air India
Launch: 1st August 1953 Variable fare, all frills. Merged with Indian Airlines in 2007.
Jet Airways
Launch: May 2005 Variable fare, all frills. Its economy class subsidiary Jetlite. Flies to over 62 destinations both domestic & international.
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Air Deccan
Launch: August 2003 Low, variable fare, no frills. Only Economy Class. Was acquired by Kingfisher and later renamed Kingfisher Red
Kingfisher Airlines
Launch: May 2005 Variable fare, all frills. Single Kingfisher class. Premium in-flight service. Only metro destinations.
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SpiceJet
Launch: May 2005 Low, variable fare, but not cheap quality service. Low frills, small complimentary snack.
GoAir
Launch: October 2005 Low-cost, low-frill airline. Mix of metro and small cities. Initial focus to be western India.
Market Share
Airline/Company Jet Airways (including Jet Lite) % Share 27.6%
20.4% 17.4%
16.8% 12.1% 5.7%
the hub and spoke model concept followed by conventional full service airlines
2.Go Air
3. IndiGo
4. JetLite
5. Jet Konnect
6. Kingfisher Red
7. Spicejet
it right, they can travel almost for free, often paying little more than the cost of the airport taxes.
For those willing to be flexible with times and/or book
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Prices can change very quickly, even going up while the
Are budget airlines the cheapest way to fly? The practice of investing & hiking up cost is common among low cost airlines, while they are trying to keep overhead cost down in a competitive industry. They have recently started charging more for details that most consumers dont even notice.
||||||| ||||||| Extra Charges Air India Air Deccan Spice Jet Average
Ticket Charges
Reservation over phone Baggage Food
$100
$15
$70
$25
$100
$20
$90
$20
$20 $35
$15 $30
$25 $25
$20 $30
Conclusion
The Low-Cost Airlines are not always beneficial.
Travelers do have to bear in mind that low cost