STARTING AN AIRLINE

There is something about aviation that seems to tickle people in South Asia ever so often.

- K SRINIVASAN, Editor-in-Chief

The two latest examples of this are the setting up of Air Kerala (an ultra-low-cost airline backed by UAE-based investors, with the International Air Transport Association (IATA) airline code ‘KD’. The airline hopes to get its Air Operator Certificate (AOC), by the end of June.

The airline’s Dubai-based founder and Chairman, Afi Ahmed, went ballistic with his emotions. “For us, ‘KD’ stands for ‘Kerala Dream,’ Ahmed was quoted telling the media and added, “While for non-Keralites, it could mean ‘Kerala to Dubai’ or ‘Kerala to Doha’