TruStar
| Founded | 2019 |
|---|---|
| Parent company | Turbo Aviation |
| Headquarters | Hyderabad, Telangana, India |
| Key people | Vankayalapati Umesh |
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.[1]
History
[edit]In December 2019, Turbo Aviation announced that it had secured a £100-million ($133.64 million) investment from a Business Group based in the UK for the launch of commuter air services under the third place of the UDAN scheme. The airline plans to start operations with the routes they have secured under UDAN. The airline plans to have a fleet of 10 ATR-72s, 10 Airbus A320 and 4 Dornier 228 aircraft.[2] In January 2019, under the third round of the Governments Regional Connectivity Scheme,[3] the airline had been awarded four routes in Uttar Pradesh,[4] three routes across the States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Odisha, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Goa.[5][6] The airline will be the launch customer of the Dornier 228NG built in India at Kanpur by HAL into scheduled commercial services.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "India's TruStar secures Do228s ahead of 2Q20 launch". ch-aviation. 11 February 2020. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ a b "Turbo Aviation to launch low-cost airline next year". The Financial Express. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "UDAN 3: Results" (PDF). Airports Authority of India. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Trustar to start flights on Bareilly-Lucknow route". The Times of India. 19 April 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "UK group to invest Rs 950 crore in Turbo Aviation's new airline TruStar". Business Standard. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
- ^ "Under UDAN-III, 13 airports to get air connectivity for first time". Business Line. 25 January 2019. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
