Air Sahara launches Delhi-Indore flight
Leading private carrier, Air Sahara has launched the Delhi-Indore-Delhi non-stop twice daily flight here on Sunday, with a plan to introduce Indore-Mumbai flight by February-March.
“We are delighted to add Indore to our route network as it is a very vibrant city,” Air Sahara senior vice president, K Damodaran told reporters after the launch of the new flight.
He said that by February-March the carrier will introduce a new flight to Mumbai in view of the growing traffic on the Mumbai sector.
He informed that Indore is the third of the 14 new destinations being added by Air Sahara to its route network.
Earlier, it has added Nagpur and Port Blair to its list of destinations. Among the 14 included the three international destinations like Guangzhou (China), Dhaka (Bangladesh) and Male (Maldives), he said.
Claiming that the timings of the Indore-Delhi flight were very convenient, he said that the inaugural flight from Delhi has 42 passengers, while the return flight has 40 against the total capacity of the 50 seater aircraft. The company enjoys a market share of 12 per cent (domestic) in the country.
He said flights for Chandigarh and Vadodara would soon begin from Delhi and added that the plans were afoot for connecting smaller towns like Raipur and Jodhpur among others.
When queried he said that it was not a viable proposition to reduce fares.
Damodaran also refused to talk about the grounded Jet-Sahara deal.