 | |||||||
| |||||||
| Founded | 14 March 2013 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commenced operations | 12 July 2015 | ||||||
| Hubs | Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (Hyderabad) | ||||||
| Secondary hubs | |||||||
| Fleet size | 5 | ||||||
| Destinations | 12 | ||||||
| Parent company | Turbo Megha Airways Pvt. Ltd. [5] | ||||||
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India | ||||||
| Key people | Ram Charan [6] (Chairman)
| ||||||
| Website | www.trujet.com | ||||||
TruJet is an Indian regional airline based at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport in Hyderabad.
Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited was incorporated on March 14, 2013 with Ram Charan and Vankayalapati Umesh as promoters, [5] with the backing of 20 investors. [7] The company planned to operate ATR aircraft primarily aimed at pilgrims and middle class travellers to destinations like Tirupati. [8] The airline obtained a No Objection Certificate from the Ministry of Civil Aviation on 21 July 2014. [9] In August 2014, the promoters initiated negotiations to sell a majority stake in the airline to Hyderabad-based Megha Engineering and Infrastructures Limited (MEIL) in order to fund their operations. [10] MEIL holds 90 per cent stake in the airline. [11] TruJet has "temporarily" suspended its flight operations until further notice. [12]
The airline adopted the brand name TruJet in February 2015. [13] [14] TruJet received its air operator's certificate for regional operations from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation on 7 July 2015. [15] The airline commenced operations on 12 July with a flight from its Hyderabad hub to Tirupati. [16] [8] The airline's Air Operators Permit (AOP) was changed to the scheduled commuter operator (SCO) category by the DGCA in May 2017, allowing the carrier to operate flights to other regions of India under the government's UDAN Regional Connectivity Scheme. [17]
From 12 July 2020, five out of seven ATR aircraft operated by TruJet were grounded by lessors due unpaid dues. [18]
On 1 April 2021, Trujet announced that US firm Interups had purchased a 49% stake in the company. Laxmi Prasad, the chairman of Interups stated in an interview to the online business site Moneycontrol “We plan to expand services to the length and breadth of the country, overseas, and get into segments such as cargo, private charters, and helicopter ambulance services. We will be operating at full scale.” [19]
Interups' new investment plan would involve the purchase of narrow body aircraft such as the Airbus A220 and the Embraer E-Series . [19]
In May 2022, it was announced the Nagpur-headquartered, We Indian Nationals Aviation Private Limited (Winair) had acquired a 79% stake in Trujet. [20]
As of June 2021, TruJet flies to the following destinations: [21] [22]
As of February 2022, TruJet operates the following aircraft:
| Aircraft | In service | Orders | Passengers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATR 72-500 | 5 | — | 70 | |
| ATR 72-600 | 0 | — | [24] | |
| Total | 5 | |||
Jet Airways (India) Ltd is an Indian international airline based in Delhi NCR, with a training and developmental centre in Mumbai. It was one of the largest airlines in India, with a 21.2% passenger market share in February 2016. It operated over 300 flights daily to 74 destinations worldwide from its erstwhile main hub at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport and secondary hubs at Chennai International Airport, Indira Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi, Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru, and Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata. As per reports, the airline is set to recommence its operations by mid-August or September of 2022.
Darwin Airline SA was a Swiss regional airline with its head office in Bioggio, Lugano flying under the brand name Adria Airways Switzerland. It operated scheduled domestic and international services in some western European countries. It used the brand name Etihad Regional from January 2014 to July 2017, when Etihad Airways sold its 33% stake to the owner of Adria Airways. It previously also operated flights on behalf of Alitalia. Its bases were Geneva Airport and Lugano Airport.
SpiceJet is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana. It is the second largest airline in the country by number of domestic passengers carried, with a market share of 13.6% as of March 2019. The airline operates 630 daily flights to 64 destinations, including 54 Indian and 15 international destinations from its hubs at Delhi and Hyderabad.
InterGlobe Aviation Ltd., doing business as IndiGo, is an Indian low-cost airline headquartered in Gurgaon, Haryana, India. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 53.5% domestic market share as of October 2021. It is also the largest individual Asian low-cost carrier in terms of jet fleet size and passengers carried, and the sixth largest carrier in Asia with over 6.4 crore passengers carried in financial year 2018–19. The airline operated 1,500 daily flights as of 2019 to 96 destinations – 71 domestic and 25 international. It has its primary hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi.
Deccan Charters is an aviation company based in Bengaluru, India that operates helicopter and fixed-wing charter services. Its main base is HAL Bangalore International Airport. Deccan Technical Services, the maintenance unit of Deccan Charters, maintains helicopters on behalf of 50 Indian corporates such as Reliance Industries and Essar Group. Their Mumbai centre is the authorised customer service centre to support Sikorsky S-76 helicopters. In March 2017, the firm bagged 21 regional air routes under the Indian Government's regional connectivity scheme, UDAN.
Rajiv Gandhi International Airport is an international airport that serves Hyderabad, the capital of the Indian state of Telangana. It is located in Shamshabad, about 24 kilometres (15 mi) south of Hyderabad. It was opened on 23 March 2008 to replace Begumpet Airport, which was the sole civilian airport serving Hyderabad. It is named after Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India. Built over an area of 5495 acres, it is the largest airport of India by area. It has also ranked in AirHelp's list of top 10 airports in the world. The fourth busiest airport in India by passengers traffic, it handled 12.4 million passengers and 140,075 tonnes of cargo between April 2021 and March 2022.
Kadapa Airport is a regional airport located 12 km (7.5 mi) north west of Kadapa in Andhra Pradesh, India. It is spread over 669.5 acres (270.9 ha) of land and has been upgraded at a cost of Rs. 42 crore. The upgraded airport was inaugurated on 7 June 2015 by Indian Civil Aviation Minister, Ashok Gajapathi Raju. The terminal building has a capacity to handle 100 peak hour passengers at a time and the apron can accommodate two ATR-72 type of aircraft.
Rajahmundry Airport is located at Rajahmundry in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India. It is located on National Highway 516E. During 1985–1994, it was used by Vayudoot. It is heavily used by the helicopters of ONGC and other government agencies for offshore oil exploration operations.
Belgaum Airport, also known as Belagavi Airport, is a domestic airport serving Belgaum, a city in the Indian state of Karnataka. The new terminal building was inaugurated by Civil aviation minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju on 14 September 2017. Near the airport, there is an Indian Air Force station at which new recruits receive basic training.
Kandla Airport is located north of Kandla and Varsamedi Village Anjar in the Kutch District of the state of Gujarat, India.
Kolhapur Airport or Chhatrapati Rajaram Maharaj Airport is a regional airport in Kolhapur, Maharashtra, India. It is situated at Ujlaiwadi, 9 km South-East from Kolhapur city. It is operated by the Airports Authority of India (AAI).
Shillong Airport, is a civilian airport located at Umroi, 30 km (19 mi) from Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
Salem Airport is a regional airport located in Kamalapuram, Omalur Taluk, 19 kilometres north-west of Salem, Tamil Nadu, India. Salem Airport is the sixth busiest airport in Tamil Nadu after Chennai, Coimbatore, Tiruchirappalli, Madurai and Tuticorin. It is also the fifth largest airport in Tamil Nadu in terms of runway length.
Jalgaon Airport is a domestic airport located off National Highway 753F South-East of the city of Jalgaon in Maharashtra, India. It has flights to Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Nanded and Kolhapur operated by TruJet. Jalgaon Airport is 47 km away from the Ajanta Caves which is the closest airport to it.
Air Pegasus was an Indian regional airline headquartered in Bangalore and based at Kempegowda International Airport. The airline was a subsidiary of Decor Aviation, an aircraft ground-handling services company. It commenced operations on 12 April 2015 with its inaugural flight between Bangalore and Hubli. The airline suspended operations on 27 July 2016, facing financial difficulties. At that time, Air Pegasus was serving eight airports across South India with a hub at Kempegowda International Airport in Bangalore, using a fleet of three ATR 72-500 aircraft. Their flying licence was suspended by DGCA on 22 November 2016. Managing director Shyson Thomas stated in late 2017 that Air Pegasus would return to the skies in early 2018, as the company had formed a relationship with Dawn Aviation and was about to settle all of its debts. Several cases have been filed against Air Pegasus chairman Shyson Thomas, shyna Thomas and son Ashwin Thomas who was managing director. Till date no debts have been cleared and Air Pegasus office has been vacated from its MG road address.
Civil aviation in India, the world's third-largest civil aviation market as of 2020, traces its origin back to 1911, when the first commercial civil aviation flight took off from a polo ground in Allahabad carrying mail across the Yamuna river to Naini.
Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik, known by its acronym UDAN is a regional airport development program of the Government of India and part of the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) of upgrading under-serviced air routes. Its goal is to make air travel affordable and widespread, to boost inclusive national economic development, job growth and air transport infrastructure development of all regions and states of India. At the beginning of the scheme, out of total 486 airports, 406 were participating under-serviced airports, 27 were well-served airports out of 97 non-RCS airports and 12 were operational airports out of 18 participating under-served regional operational airports with regular fixed-wing scheduled flights. UDAN scheme will add to this number by expediting the development and operationalisation of India's potential-target of nearly 425 unserved, under-served, and mostly underdeveloped regional airports with regular scheduled flights. However, there are several issues and criticisms such as poor infrastructure, dominance by larger airlines and degradation of regional airlines, slow implementation that plague this scheme.
Fly Hornbill was a planned Indian Regional airline to be based in Guwahati.The airline was founded in 2016 and planned to start operations in early 2017 to provide air connectivity to North-Eastern destinations in India in place of Air India's subsidiary Alliance Air. However, as of September 2017 operations are yet to begin and any aircraft is yet to be acquired. The airline was seeking approvals from India's aviation regulator DGCA to start operations. The airline has also won the rights to operate flights on many Northeastern routes under the UDAN-RCS scheme. The airline however did not start operations and appears to have shutdown.
Pinnacle Air is an Indian charter airline based in Delhi. It was founded in 2004, and operations only began in the year 2008. The airline operates passenger charters to destinations across the country.
TruStar is an Indian low-cost airline promoted by Turbo Aviation based in Hyderabad. The airline plans to launch operations by the second quarter of 2020 with Dornier 228 aircraft.
Media related to TruJet at Wikimedia Commons
