Air Deccan Explained

Airline:Air Deccan
Iata:DN
Icao:DKN
Callsign:AIR DECCAN
Founded:2009
Commenced:23 December 2017
Ceased:November 2020
Bases:
  • Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport (Ahmedabad)
Fleet Size:2
Destinations:4
Parent:Deccan Charters
Headquarters:Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Key People:Arun Kumar Singh (CEO)[1] [2] [3]

Air Deccan was an Indian regional airline operating from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. It flew to a total of four destinations using Beech 1900D aircraft, as of November 2019. As of October 2021, the airline had temporarily suspended operations as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic

Destinations

Air Deccan focused on flying to cities with little to no air service where there was minimal competition with major airlines. The airline flew to the following destinations in India:[4]

StateCityAirportNotesRefs
GujaratAhmedabadSardar Patel International Airport[5]
BhavnagarBhavnagar Airport
DiuDiu Airport
MundraMundra Airport

Fleet

The airline utilised two Beech 1900D aircraft as of December 2017, each of which was equipped with 18 seats.[6] [7]

External links

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Notes and References

  1. News: Air Deccan ceases operations. The Times of India. 24 April 2020. 6 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200406231741/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/news/covid-19-crisis-air-deccan-ceases-operations-asks-employees-to-go-on-sabbatical-without-pay/videoshow/74993818.cms. live.
  2. News: Operations ceased. liveMint. 24 April 2020.
  3. News: Air Deccan eyes post-crisis relaunch. FlightGlobal. 24 April 2020. 28 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200428174848/https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/indias-air-deccan-eyes-post-crisis-relaunch-with-new-aircraft/138063.article. live.
  4. News: India's Air Deccan, Air Odisha to combine ops. 30 December 2017. 5 January 2018. ch-aviation. 6 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180106064036/https://www.ch-aviation.com/portal/news/62926-indias-air-deccan-air-odisha-to-combine-ops. live.
  5. Web site: Air Deccan Flight Schedule. Air Deccan. 4 January 2020. 29 December 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20191229112046/https://airdeccan.co.in/eng/flight-schedule.aspx. dead.
  6. Web site: Air Deccan. airdeccan.co.in. en. 2018-01-28. https://web.archive.org/web/20180129004454/https://airdeccan.co.in/en/about-us/our-fleet. 2018-01-29. dead.
  7. News: Air Deccan looks to stimulate demand in smaller cities. Press Trust of India. The Hindu Business Line. 23 December 2017. 6 January 2018.