TruJet announces Hyderabad-Nagpur flights

Hyderabad: City-based regional airline TruJet on Thursday said it will operate direct flights between Hyderabad and Nagpur from March 20. According to a statement issued by the carrier, TruJet will be the only airline to operate a direct flight on this route.

TruJet also announced a five-day 'Super Sale', which will offer fares starting from Rs 999 plus taxes/fees on all its routes. Super Sale bookings can be made during March 10-14 for travel till April 15, 2016, the statement said.

Vankayalapati Umesh, managing director of Turbo Megha Airways (which operates TruJet), said, “Nagpur is a very important business center located in the heart of our country, and it undoubtedly needs connectivity to South India. We are providing not only flights between Nagpur and Hyderabad, but are also connecting Nagpur to Tirupati, Goa, Rajahmundry, Bengaluru and Chennai with convenient connections via Hyderabad.”

The airline currently operates two ATR-72 aircraft and has acquired a third plane of the same type. The latest aircraft will operate on the new sector.

PTI