New Delhi: A new full service start-up airline, run by a real estate entrepreneur, would begin operations from New Delhi to some northern hill towns by October.
MRDL Airlines has plans to acquire five RJ-70 aircraft from British Aerospace and an equal number of Mi-172 helicopters.
The airline will launch flights from Delhi to Kullu, Dharamsala and Dehradun in the next three months, once the aircraft start being inducted, Chairman of MRDL Group of Companies Gopal Kumar Goyal said.
While the RJ-70, to be inducted on lease-purchase basis, would be about eight-years-old with a capacity of 70 seats in executive and economy configuration, the helicopters to be
acquired from Russian firm Kazan helicopters would be 27-seaters.
The RJ-70s, capable of short take off and landing, would be introduced for the first time in India.
On pricing, former Vayudoot chief Harsh Vardhan, now an aviation consultant for MRDL, said it would be done in a competitive manner and would be flexible.
"We are in the advanced state of negotiations with British Aerospace for lease/purchase of the RJ-70s and hope to complete the talks in the next few days," Goyal said.
He also announced plans to launch the cargo wing of his airline by next year, but refrained from giving details.
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