Air Costa Takes Indian Skies

Plane Spotters India | Exclusive : "First photograph of the new regional Operator : Air Costa"

Spotted By - Karthik Kumar

About This Plane - 
Type : Embraer 170
Registration : VT-LSR
Ex-Gulf Air aircraft (A9C-MA)

✈ Air Costa is an Indian regional airline based in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh.It is part of the LEPL Group, has 300 employees including expatriate pilots and engineers and commenced scheduled operations in October 2013 using two Embraer E-170 aircraft.

Spotted By  -Karthik Kumar at Bangalore International Airport.

✈ The airline plans to focus on improving connectivity between tier II and tier III cities in India and has announced an investment of 150 million dollars by 2015.

✈ The airline also plans to set up a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) facility at Vijayawada Airport by 2015.The airline currently has a maintenance centre at the Chennai International Airport.

Spotted By Rammesh K Venugopal