Flight ticket @Rs. 1/-; Air Deccan first flight

New Delhi, Dec 13: The airlines' based company Air Deccan is set to re-launch operations with its first flight under the government's Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) scheme on December 23.

According to media reports, India's first domestic budget airline will kick off operations with its famous Re 1 ticket fare on 22 December with its first flight from Mumbai to Nashik. Air Deccan will initially operate from four key cities - Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata and Shillong and connect its passengers to smaller cities.

Gopinath was quoted by the report to state that the famous Rs.1 fare will be given to a few lucky passengers, though most tickets will be priced at Rs1,400 for a 40-minute flight from Mumbai to Nashik.

The company was founded in 2003 by G.R. Gopinath and merged with Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines in 2008 and rebranded to Kingfisher Red. The company's operations were stopped due to financial difficulties in 2012.

The Udan scheme aims to connect small towns with fares as low as Rs.2,500 for a one-hour flight.Air Deccan will also operate daily return flights between Nashik and Pune and Mumbai and Jalgaon.