Air Deccan to expand its fleet

New Delhi: Low cost flier Air Deccan has announced that it will add four more aircraft to its fleet strength before the year end.

The Budget airlines Chief Operating officer Warwick Brady, who made the announcement in Chennai on Wednesday, was quoted by news agency PTI as saying that with the addition, the airlines fleet strength would go upto 53, including 23 Airbuses.

Jodhpur, Udaipur, Dharmasala, Dimapur and Jamshedpur would be brought under the airlines map before the year-end.

For the first time in aviation history, Chennai would have a direct daily flight to Agartala from March 26.

Brady also said that Chennai would also have direct flight to Bhubaneshwar from that day.

The airlines would also introduce additional daily flight to Madurai from that day, he said.

The company expected to start earning profit from 2008-09, he added.