Deccan Charters, Taj Air & B-Jets Partners in Power Fly

Deccan Charters, Tata-owned Taj Air and B-Jets entered into a partnership to pool their resources for chartering passengers to remote parts of the country. The alliance between the oganisations termed as Power Fly will also allow people to own part of the aircraft by selling them flying hours. The services would be offered to people at anything between Rs 70000 to Rs 3 lakh per flying hour. The alliance has aircraft based in around 10 locations in India and nurtures plans to go international by tying up with charter services in Middle East, Europe and Singapore. Power Fly is targeted at corporate and leisure travellers.

Deccan is also involved in providing maintenance, repair and overhaul services to 50 aircraft. Taj Air also provides charter services. Tata Group interested in similar business has already invested in Business Jets Private Limited (BJETS) through its subsidiary Indian Hotels Company Ltd.