Deccan Cargo to take off in May
 

G R Gopinath, the founder of budget carrier Air Deccan, is ready to start operations for his cargo airline in May. His company, Deccan Cargo Express Logistics, will take delivery of three Airbus 310 freighters from the first week of April onwards.
The company plans to offer end-to-end logistics solutions where it has custodial charge of the cargo. Till the back-end warehouse infrastructure is ready at the airline’s national hub in Nagpur, Gopinath’s freighters will fly the Dubai-Mumbai-Delhi-Hong Kong route offering dedicated cargo space to freight forwarders and serve anyone who wants to move international freight to these cities for time-definite delivery.
This ensures that the planes don’t lie idle till the back-end systems are ready, said Gopinath.
Deccan Cargo Express Logistics has signed up with Multimodal International Hub Airport at Nagpur (MIHAN), a complex that is being developed by the Maharashtra government, for a hub in Nagpur.
Gopinath was instrumental in improving air connectivity to smaller towns and plans to replicate the model for his cargo business. “Today, cargo that lands in Mumbai can take a week to get into industrial clusters in the hinterland. With a hub in Nagpur, we will provide connectivity to 60 cities overnight,” he said.
The cargo airline will follow a hub-and-spoke model. Turboprops will feed and collect cargo from small towns, while the Airbus 310 freighters will connect metros and fly cargo to international hubs like Dubai and Hong Kong, among others.
Gopinath’s cargo airline will be pitching itself against established players like Blue Dart, Gati, TNT Express and First Flight in India’s domestic cargo business.
16/03/09 Ranju Sarkar/Business Standard

Sorry for this but the flight schedule of deccan express doesn't mention any international ops. It just says bengluru and chennai... Sorry in advance if I am missing something....

its been like that for months now.

the ATRs have been pushed back a couple of months. when that is who knows.

It's not the first time that something ha been postponed. and i think that it won't be the last....:hmm:

any pic of the A310Fs in Deccan livery?
regds
MEL.

Well from what I hear the insignia is a bald head wedged between a V :ok:

Well folks we come close to the beginning of May and there doesn't seem to be any sign of Deccan Cargo starting ops in May contrary to their bold claims in the media...last heard , Bird Brain Gopi :} ( Gopi's portrait )was planning to start Dubai - Mumbai - Delhi - Hong Kong return in May and he was doing this due to the lack of warehousing facilities in India for Deccan Logistics.He expected the infrastructure to be in place by the year end by which time he would begin domestic ops....That's Baldy Gopi at his best...lets lose a couple of million till we get the real thing going...:ok:

also ... Capt Gopinath is contesting for the General elections from Bangalore.
How's he going to manage politics and airline(cargo) business simultaneously ?? (assuming he does manage to win the polls)

Well honestly I don't have any answer to your questions and I'm sure that no one in Deccan Cargo including Baldy will have the answers as they themselves don't know what they're doing :ok:

hiring
 

any idea on when deccan will start hiring for atr fo's?

How are the loads on Deccan 360.
By the look of it.... The A310s seem almost empty.

Yes almost empty , the only thing filling the aircraft are Capt.G.R.Gopinath's last strands of hair,his falling teeth and the usual **** that happens to fall out of his mouth.Last I heard is he's looking for a strategic investor to pump money into the airline, this time around people seemed to have wisened up and no one is taking the bait..:}:ok:

Wonder where has Good-Ol' VJ disappeared to?:E

To me, i've always thought that deccan 360 wouldn't do well. Air cargo in India isn't a great way to make money. When you already have Blue Dart/DHL doing their bit in India and also Air India/Indian Airlines which transport the India Postal Service Air Mail. As for sending larger shipments like cars or something on the same lines (heavy machinery) people in India generally drive down or use our good ol' Ashok Leyland trucks for transport or drive the distance themselves!!