Bengaluru: Air Pegasus, promoted by Decor Aviation Private Limited, on Sunday commenced its commercial operation with a daily to-and-fro flight to Hubballi and Thiruvananthapuram from here.
"Commercial operation with daily flight to Hubballi and Thiruvananthapuram from Bengaluru has commenced from today," Air Pegasus managing director Shyson Thomas told reporters here.
The company plans to have five ATR aircraft in South India by December and would increase it to 20. "We plan to have five ATRs in Southern region of the country and will increase it to twenty," Mr Thomas said.
"Connecting to the country's IT capital, the newly launched flights will boost the economies of these two towns, by simplifying the travel options for both in-bound and out-bound passengers," he said.
Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju launched the operations of Air Pegasus.
Decor Aviation, which is part of the Decor Group of Companies, will provide ground handling services to Indian and foreign carriers across eleven airports in India, Mr Thomas said.
Based out of the Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, Air Pegasus will subsequently scale up its services gradually to connect Kochi, Chennai, Thiruvananthapuram, Belagavi, Rajahmundry, Puducherry and Madurai, Thomas said. Decor Aviation, which is part of the Decor Group of Companies, provides ground handling services to Indian and foreign carriers across 11 airports in India.
Bangalore-based Air Pegasus recently acquired flying permit from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation and is the third new airline to receive it from the aviation regulator in last one year, after AirAsia India and Vistara.
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