NEW DELHI: A brand new regional airline will take to the skies this week that can, amongst different routes, hyperlink Lakshadweep to extra cities. DGCA on Wednesday issued the air operator allow (AOP or licence) to aviation veteran Manoj Chacko-backed “Fly91″.The airline at present has two ATR-72 and can get 4 extra by Sept, after which it plans so as to add six turboprops yearly over subsequent 5 years.”We start operations in next few days and have five stations to begin with – Goa, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Agatti, Sindhudurg and then Jalgaon, Pune and Nanded shortly thereafter. We will start flights between Goa & Agatti and Bengaluru & Agatti. Initially these will be twice or thrice weekly and by mid-June our Agatti flights will be daily,” mentioned Chacko, who has labored in senior positions in Emirates, American Categorical, SOPTC, Kingfisher and WNS.As of now, Alliance Air is the one airline that flies to Lakshadweep 9 occasions weekly. Based mostly at Goa Mopa airport, Fly91 has been launched with an funding of Rs 200 crore.”We are well funded and have a strong professional team. In five years, we plan to have a fleet of 32 ATRs,” Chacko mentioned.
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