Zoom Air, India�s latest private airline, all set to start commercial operations from today

New Delhi:  Zoom Air, India’s latest private airline is all set to start its commercial operations from Wednesday, February 15. The airline will start daily scheduled operations with a flight to Durgapur via Kolkata from New Delhi and the same will be extended to Amritsar in the afternoon followed by a Delhi-Surat-Bhavnagar-Delhi evening service. It has been speculated that Zoom Air’s entry will intensify competition in the domestic aviation market, which is reportedly seeing over 20 per cent growth over the last two years.

Promoted by Zexus Air Services, the airline is the country’s 10th schedule carrier for domestic skies presently, with others being Air India, Air India Express, Jet Airways, Jetlite, Indigo, Spicejet, GoAir, Vistara and Air Asia-India. Talking to leading news agency about its services,  airlines CEO and Director Koustav M. Dhar had earlier said, “We will fill the gap of sectors which are less catered to by other scheduled airlines. We will connect Tirupati, Vijayawada, Mumbai, Shillong, Aizawl, Pasighat and Zero (in Arunachal Pradesh), Allahabad, Gorakhpur, Indore and Bhopal, atleast once daily from Delhi and Kolkata.”

“Produced by Bombardier, the carrier’s aircraft are versatile for short sectors flying and aptly suited for Indian Tier II and Tier III cities. The airline is the first private carrier to join Ministry of Civil Aviation’s initiative for Regional connectivity Scheme (RCS). We envisage a 18-20 percent year on growth on such under-served and un-served airports. It is all about connectivity and regular reliable services,” Dhar further stated.

According to the reports of IANS, Zoom Air presently has three CRJ-200LR aircraft, under dry lease from CRJ Aircraft Leasing, Dublin, out of which two aircraft have been imported. The airline has acquired two more CRJ-200LR aircraft from Skyone FZE Aircraft leasing, UAE under dry lease which will join its fleet by April 2017 to complete the fleet of five aircraft within one year – a required condition by (Director General of Civil Aviation) DGCA.