Kingfisher Red (Air Deccan) to serve meals on flights
MUMBAI: Some time next month, a cabin crew member of a low-cost airline will wheel out an in-flight catering cart laden with steaming idli-sambhar or dahi vada or kathi rolls. And the announcement that the meal is on the airline will be the icing on the cake. Read the rest of this entry »
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IndiGo, the Delhi-based, low-cost carrier, has ended Air Deccan’s five-year reign as the largest low-cost carrier in the industry. The change took place in August, just before full-service carrier Kingfisher Airlines erased the Air Deccan brand.
Nagpur: Air passengers of Kingfisher’s (Deccan) Mumbai-Nagpur flight had a close shave on Tuesday evening when one engine of the aircraft developed a technical snag when it was on its way to the city.
NEW DELHI: The state consumer commission has pulled up private airline, Air Deccan, for cancelling the tickets of a passenger, booked six months in advance in a promotional fare scheme, just six days ahead of the departure date. The airline has been fined Rs 50,000 of which Rs 25,000 has been given as compensation to the consumer while the rest has been deposited in the state welfare consumer fund. 
KOLKATA: A top-ranking executive with a construction major, Sandip Bose, woke up with a start after getting a message in his cellphone a few days ago. He was told to settle a due of Rs 65,000 for transactions made on his credit card.
MUMBAI: Budget Airline Deccan Aviation Ltd said its board named Vijay Mallya as Chairman, replacing N S Narahari who will continue as director. 
BANGALORE: Low-cost carrier
Low cost carrier Deccan Aviation, now a unit of Vijay Mallya’s UB Group, has sought government’s permission to start operations on overseas routes including the United States, Britain, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Nepal and Saudi Arabia from August this year.
NEW DELHI: Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher airline has to give up its licences after its merger with Air Deccan is completed in order to use the budget carrier’s entitlement to launch overseas flights under the Kingfisher brand. The merged entity would require IATA membership, besides clearing a host of other formalities.
Bangalore: Low cost carrier, Deccan in association with State Bank of India has announced its special fixed fare offer called "SBI card Flat Fare" for all SBI credit card holders. 