The document discusses the major players in the Indian aviation industry. It outlines 8 airlines - Air India, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Indian, SpiceJet, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, and Go Air. For each it provides a brief overview of their services, routes, market share, ownership, and other key details. The industry has both traditional carriers and low-cost carriers competing for domestic market share in India.
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The document discusses the major players in the Indian aviation industry. It outlines 8 airlines - Air India, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Indian, SpiceJet, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, and Go Air. For each it provides a brief overview of their services, routes, market share, ownership, and other key details. The industry has both traditional carriers and low-cost carriers competing for domestic market share in India.
The document discusses the major players in the Indian aviation industry. It outlines 8 airlines - Air India, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Indian, SpiceJet, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, and Go Air. For each it provides a brief overview of their services, routes, market share, ownership, and other key details. The industry has both traditional carriers and low-cost carriers competing for domestic market share in India.
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The document discusses the major players in the Indian aviation industry. It outlines 8 airlines - Air India, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Indian, SpiceJet, Air Deccan, Kingfisher, and Go Air. For each it provides a brief overview of their services, routes, market share, ownership, and other key details. The industry has both traditional carriers and low-cost carriers competing for domestic market share in India.
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INDIAN AVIATION INDUSTRY
MAJOR PLAYERS 1) AIR INDIA:
• State owned domestic airline
• Formerly known as Indian Airlines
• Company rebranded as Indian in Dec 05 to revamp image in
preparation for an IPO
2) JET AIRWAYS:
• “Regular” airline offering normal economy and business
class seats.
• 300 flights, 43 Indian destinations
• Indian market share 32%
• Does not own its brand. Brand owned by Jetair Enterprises
Ltd. a separate company substantially owned by Naresh Goyal
3) AIR SAHARA: • Began on 3 Dec 1993with two Boeing 737-200 aircrafts as Sahara Airlines
• Initially services concentrated in northern India
• Rebranded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000.
• Uncertainty over the airline's fare caused domestic market
share to slide from 11% in Jan 06 to 8.5%
4) INDIAN:
• Set up by J.R.D. Tata
• Nationalised in 1953
• National flag carrier
• 44 world-wide destinations
• Profitable in most years since its inception
• Net profit of Rs.97 m for 2005-06
• Growth of almost 15% over the previous year
5) SPICE JET:
• Low-cost airline (LCC)
• Began in May 2005
• Entered with Rs. 99 fares for first 99 days • “Offering low everyday spicey fares”
• Aim: Compete with Indian Railways AC segment
6) AIR DECCAN:
• India's first low-cost carrier
• Started air operations in 2003
• Despite a disastrous maiden flight which caught fire, Deccan
continues to grow
• Connects 55 cities within India
• Planning a secondary hub at Chennai International Airport.
• Due to stock market downturn Air Deccan's IPO barely
managed to scrape through
7) KINGFISHER:
• Services started in May 05
• Initially operates only on domestic routes.
• Owned by United Beverages Group under the leadership of
Vijay Mallya • Pushing for amendment of rule which requires an airline to fly a min of five years on domestic routes before it can start flying overseas
• Barring such an amendment, first international flights
planned to start in 2010
8) GO AIR:
• The People’s Airline
• Established in June 2004
• LCC promoted by The Wadia Group
• GoAir FreeFares
• Relatively small player as compared to other LCCs
• Initial flights in southern & western India with the first nine A320s
