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Indian market has a lot of potential for regional aviation and if an operator plays the cards right, sustaining business is not an issue, Star Air CEO, Simran Singh Tiwana has said..
Tiwana also said that the airline is aiming to double its passenger volumes this year as it scales up its fleet and adds three new destinations excluding Jaipur which is set to be launched on Monday.. Set up in 2019 by the Kolhapur-based diversified business house, Sanjay Ghodawat Group, the airline has a fleet of five Embraer aircraft operating to 16 destinations under the Central government's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN, from its two operational bases, Bengaluru and Belagavi...
Tiwana said.. Stating that it is "possible" to operate a regional airline in India successfully, he said, "You play your cards right, go for the right network, which in line with the aircraft you operate (and) that makes a big difference (in terms of sustaining operations)...
"And, I think a lot of startups (airlines) had it wrong," he said in an apparent reference to several regional airlines such Air Pegasus, Air Costa, Air Carnival, which started on regional routes with a bang but went belly up after over a period of time in the last 8-9 years...
On Saturday, Star Air commenced operations of its Embraer E175 jet with a flight service on the Bangalore-Hyderabad-Jamnagar route, offering business class and economy, making it the first regional carrier to have aircraft in twin class configuration...
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