Air Costa

Air Costa
IATA ICAO Call sign
LB[1] LEP[1] LECOSTA[2]
Commenced operations15 October 2013
Ceased operations28 February 2017[3]
Operating basesChennai International Airport
Fleet size0
Destinations0
Parent companyLEPL Group
HeadquartersVijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India
Key people
  • Ramesh Lingamaneni Chairman
  • LVS Rajasekhar MD
  • Vivek Choudhary CEO
Employees800[4]
Websiteaircosta.in (now defunct)

Air Costa was an Indian regional airline headquartered in Vijayawada and based out of Chennai International Airport. It was owned by Indian business company LEPL Group. The airline commenced operations as a regional airline in October 2013 using two Embraer E-170 aircraft, with the first flight taking off from Chennai on 16 October 2013. The airline received a permit for pan-India operations in October 2016. The airline focused on connectivity between tier II and tier III cities in the country, and invested ₹600 crore (US$72 million) as of 2015. Air Costa operated 32 daily flights to nine destinations from its focus cities Chennai and Vijayawada as of 2015. The airline had a maintenance center in Chennai.[5] On 28 February 2017, it suspended operations until further notice.[3]

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  2. ^ "JO 7340.2G Contractions" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 5 January 2017. p. 3-1-61. Retrieved 4 March 2017.
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  4. ^ Rathor, Swati (25 March 2015). "Air Costa to add 2 E-190s in 2015". Times of India. Retrieved 14 April 2016.
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