Charan's high flying career: Airlines to target Telangana, AP

Actor Ram Charan son of former Union Minister K. Chiranjeevi is entering into aviation business with a company called Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited which will kick start commercially from April 2015.
Actor Ram Charan son of former Union Minister K. Chiranjeevi is entering into aviation business with a company called Turbo Megha Airways Private Limited which will kick start commercially from April 2015.
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The company is said to be a subsidiary of Turbo Aviation that has been into aircraft maintenance and ground-handling services since 2003. The Ministry of Civil Aviation issued No-Objection Certificate for Turbo Megha Airways along with two other companies on July 22 2014 and Turbo Aviation had confirmed Ram Charan was a ‘small part-investor’ in the business.
In the first phase, Turbo Megha Airlines is mainly focusing on the two Telugu states Telangana and Andhra Pradesh. A 9-seater Jets targeting the super-rich and 72-seater ATR Aircraft's targeting Economy Passengers & Pilgrims will be run to major cities like Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Tirupati and Rajahmundry from first week of April.
Turbo Megha Airways MD Vankayalapati Umesh says 9-seater Jets will be used for non-scheduled operations from Vijayawada which is the new capital of AP. “We have plans scheduled between seven cities across India." he says. With Hyderabad as its base, Turbo Megha Airways plans to connect Chennai, Bangalore, Tuticorin, Madurai, Belgaum and Hubli. It is planning to acquire a 68-seater, Q-400 Bombardier aircraft for the purpose.
Though Actor Ram Charan could not be reached, he is listed as a director of the company, together with Mr. Umesh, since March 14, 2013. Turbo Aviation, that was established in November, 2003, started operations with the manufacture of ground support equipment for airlines and ran its initial business with Air Deccan of Bangalore. From 2007, they offered ground-handling and worked with airlines like Air Sahara, Jet Airways, Kingfisher Airlines, Go Air, First Flight, Blue Dart and Spice Jet at various airports.
In the past three years, Turbo Aviation has clocked about 1,700 hours on charter flights for customers including prominent industrialists, film personalities, political leaders and corporate clients.
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