Air Costa pulls out of Madurai

Madurai: Budget airline Air Costa, which started operations in Madurai in July, shut down its services to the city on Thursday. The airline had been operating a Madurai – Chennai – Hyderabad – Vijayawada hop-on flight service.
An official spokesperson of the airline said the aircraft being operated from Madurai, was also utilised for the Chennai-Jaipur service. “We had restrictions on using runways and timings at the Chennai and Jaipur airports which meant that flight schedules to Madurai were affected. To prevent delays and cancellations of services, the company has decided to withdraw its service from Madurai and will be concentrating on bettering service in other sectors,” the spokesperson stated.

Air Costa to enhance connectivity on Chennai-Madurai sector

Mumbai: Regional carrier Air Costa today said it will enhance connectivity on Chennai-Madurai-Chennai sector from next month.

With the launch of second flight to Madurai connecting Chennai, Hyderabad and Vijayawada, effective August 6, Air Costa customers will enjoy same day return flights between these cities, the airline said in a statement.

The introduction of these new flights will take the total number of daily services operated by Air Costa to 36 from across nine domestic airports, it said.

Air Costa suspends recently launched flight service

Madurai: With the Air Costa airlines suspending its recently launched flight service between Madurai and Vijayawada till July 14, passengers who cancelled their tickets which they bought at attractive rates have no other option but to book in other airlines at a premium price.

Travel agents say air fare on this sector will remain high till the Air Costa services are restored. The airliner launched daily flight services between Vijayawada and Madurai, with stopovers in Chennai and Hyderabad, only on July 3. A week later, the aircraft developed a snag in its engine prompting the operator to ground its flight from July 10 to July 14.