Air Costa
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Commenced operations | 15 October 2013 | ||||||
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Ceased operations | 28 February 2017 Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh , India | ||||||
Key people |
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Employees | 800[4] | ||||||
Website | aircosta.in (now defunct) |
Air Costa was an Indian
History
Air Costa was owned by Indian business company LEPL Group.
The airline commenced operations as a
Air Costa ordered 50 Embraer
In September 2015, Air Costa, which held a regional airline's license, applied to the aviation regulator DGCA for its license to be upgraded to that of a national airline.[15] Air Costa received a no-objection certificate from the civil aviation ministry for pan-India operations on 19 December 2015.[16][17][18][19] Two Embraer E-190s were added by September 2015.[20] Air Costa added one more E-190 in December 2015 and had plans to add three to five E-190 aircraft in its fleet in 2016.[21] The airline had a 0.8% market share in the Indian domestic airline market as of February 2016.
On 28 February 2017, Air Costa suspended operations until further notice stating financial difficulties regarding the lease of aircraft.
Destinations
Air Costa was flying to the following destinations in India at the time it suspended operations:[3]
State | City | Airport | Notes |
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Andhra Pradesh | Tirupati | Tirupati Airport | Terminated |
Andhra Pradesh | Vijayawada | Vijayawada Airport | Hub |
Andhra Pradesh | Visakhapatnam | Visakhapatnam Airport | Terminated |
Gujarat | Ahmedabad | Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport |
Terminated |
Karnataka | Bangalore | Kempegowda International Airport | Terminated |
Rajasthan | Jaipur | Jaipur International Airport | Terminated |
Tamil Nadu | Chennai | Chennai International Airport | Terminated |
Tamil Nadu | Coimbatore | Coimbatore International Airport | Terminated |
Telangana | Hyderabad | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport | Terminated |
Fleet
Prior to suspending operations in February 2017, the Air Costa fleet consisted of the following aircraft:[23]
Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes | ||
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J | Y | Total | ||||
Embraer 190
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3[24] | 1[23] | 0 | 112 | 112 | Order cancelled by GECAS[23]
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Embraer 190-E2 | — | 25 | 6 | 92 | 98 | Supposed to be the Asian launch customer[13] |
Embraer 195-E2 | — | 25 | 12 | 106 | 118 | Supposed to be the Asian launch customer[13] |
Total | 0[25] | 51 |
References
- ^ a b "Air Costa". ch-aviation. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-61. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
- ^ a b c d "India's Air Costa suspends operations". ch-aviation.com. 28 February 2017.
- ^ Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "LEPL to invest Rs 600 cr in Air Costa". Business Standard. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Costa to be launched soon". The Hindu. 23 February 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "India's Air Costa Acquires three E-Jets". Embraer (Press release). June 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Costa gets DGCA permit". Business Standard. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 16 October 2013.
- ^ "Air Costa takes off to connect towns". Deccan Chronicle. 16 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Costa takes off from Chennai today". The Hindu. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- New Indian Express. 16 October 2013. Archived from the originalon 17 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- Business Today. 16 October 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ a b c "India's Air Costa places a firm order for 50 E-Jets E2s". Embraer (Press release). Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Embraer clinches bln India deal with Air Costa". Reuters. 14 February 2014. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
- ^ "Regional airlines now pitch for a national licence". The Economic Times. 8 September 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ Narasimhan, TE (25 December 2015). "Air Costa gets aviation ministry approval for pan-India operations". Business Standard. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- Live Mint. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "India's domestic passenger demand up 25 percent: IATA". Business Standard. 6 April 2014. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Costa receives a no-objection certificate". The Economic Times. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
- ^ "Air Costa to add 2 E-190s in 2015". The Times of India. 6 April 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Air Costa plans to raise funds through stake sale; to add three more Embraer aircraft". The Economic Times. 5 May 2015. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
- ^ "Grounding instead of expansion to 100 aircraft". aerotelegraph.com. 3 March 2017.
- ^ a b c planespotters.net - Air Costa Fleet Details and History retrieved 1 March 2017
- ^ "DGCA deregisters 2 aircraft of Air Costa". Times of India. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "DGCA deregisters 2 aircraft of Air Costa". Times of India. 24 March 2017.
External links
Media related to Air Costa at Wikimedia Commons