Realtor all set to float new airline

[abhimakam]

Vijayawada: The Vijayawada-based Lingamaneni group, which has interests in the realty and infrastructure business on Wednesday announced the launch of a new airline, Air Costa.
Lingamaneni Estates Private Ltd, popularly known as LEPL, said that it had secured the go-ahead from the Union civil aviation ministry to operate flights in the southern part of the country. Air Costa could be the first airliner in the country to operate on the regional routes, particularly in tier-II cities like Vijayawada, Visakhapatnam and Tirupati. The new airlines will be headquartered at Vijayawada with the corporate offices located in Hyderabad.

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Good news for fresh CPL holders?

[PEC]

Good news for fresh CPL holders?

Think - Star Aviation!

Secondly, there is a thread already dedicated to this airline. Check that out.

[aroumika]

has anyone here applied to them for the co-pilot's position and received any reply from them yet? any idea how many q400 they are starting off with and by when?

[mach5]

Applied but didnt get a reply till now and tried to call them to get some information but no one picked up the phone.

cheers , let us hope for the best.

[Jibu]

please post the email address and the the number of air costa.

thanks in advance

[mach5]

E Mail ID : [email protected]
TEL NO : [phone]/69

[aroumika]

@mach5
do you meet their requirement of 500TT? i certainly don't meet that requirement, but i just gave it a shot anyways, i hope they get back to guys with lower flight time than that

[Jibu]

if anyone gets any reply kindly post it.

[mach5]

@aroumika

Sorry for the delay in my reply , No i dont meet their requirements , just gave it a shot.

[aadiprasan]

Anyone get a reply from people at Air Costa ?

[mach5]

Anyone who has 500TT got any reply from Air Costa , I didnt get any reply till now bcz I dont have 500TT.

[aadiprasan]

I have 500+ TT. I got an acknowledgement of receiving resume. Anyone else?

Thanks.

[aakashseth63]

i got a mail from them on 6th


Dear Sir/ Madam,

Thank you for your interest in Air Costa. We acknowledge the receipt of your resume. We would get back to you very soon with further updates.

Thanks & Regards,
Team Air Costa.

that's it .. and i have 250 hrs

[aroumika]

@aakashseth63
how long did it take for them to get back to you?

[Jet Blast 007]

I gt d same reply frm Aircosta..

[aroumika]

@jet blast 007
okay that's fine, but can someone here tell me how long they're taking to get back to you after the application? thanks

[abhimakam]

@aroumika
Got a reply after a week or so...

Any idea as to when, they plan to start their operations?

[aakashseth63]

@aroumika

sent the mail on 22nd feb and got the reply on 6th mach

[thegrapevine]

will be starting operation with 3 a/c's and expanding. They have received more than 650 applications out of which 14-15 are from guys already type rated on the q400.

[abhi1589]

Does anyone here know, when aircosta is going to start their operations from??