Turbo Megha Airways, which operates a regional carrier under brand name TruJet, is banking on subsidised travel scheme – Udan – to grow its domestic presence. The Hyderabad-based airline has started operations on half of its 48 routes won under the Udan bidding. LSN Murty, CEO, TruJet, shares the carrier’s plan for 2019 with FEs Arun Nayal. Excerpts:
How many planes do you plan to induct in 2019?
We have 5 aircraft at the moment. We are planning to induct 2 to 3 more aircraft this year. These will be ATRs 500 or 600s. One would be coming in June and others in September or October. We were thinking of subleasing ATRs from other carriers till last year but that did not work out. So now we will look for lessors.
