Abstract

This caselet discusses the increasing trend of consolidation among Indian domestic airline companies, with special focus on the Kingfisher Airlines-Air Deccan alliance. In the first half of 2007, three airlines in India had formed alliances. The caselet discusses the causes which led to alliances among the airline companies in India, and the consequences of those alliances.

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Keywords

United Breweries Holdings Limited, Kingfisher Airlines, Deccan Aviation Private Limited, Air Deccan, acquisition, shareholding, consolidation, Vijay Mallya, Capt. G. R. Gopinath, Ramki Sundaram, Jet Airways, Air Sahara, Air India, Indian Airlines, Indian, Kapil Kaul, Center for Asia Pacific Aviation, Indus View