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*[[Chennai Airport]]<br />
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| parent = Zircon International<br />
| headquarters = [[Chennai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]<br />
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*Ramachandran Iyer <small>Executive Director</small><br />
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'''Air Dravida''' was an [[airline]] project<ref name="AU">[http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/indian_subcontinent/india.htm Air Dravida at airlineupdate.com] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916031520/http://www.airlineupdate.com/content_public/airlines/indian_subcontinent/india.htm |date=September 16, 2010 }}</ref> based in [[Chennai]], [[India]], promoted by Premier Tours & Travels and Zircon International, a construction company with business interests in Malaysia and Singapore.<ref name="ETW">{{cite news | title= First regional carrier Air Dravida plans to connect South India | url= http://www.expresstravelworld.com/200607/market13.shtml | work= ExpressTravelWorld | date= July 2006 | accessdate= 26 August 2012 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20101222150222/http://expresstravelworld.com/200607/market13.shtml | archive-date= 22 December 2010 | url-status= dead }}</ref> The company intended to commence operations in October 2006<ref name="ETW"/> within southern India using a fleet of [[Bombardier CRJ-200]] aircraft<ref name="TT">[http://www.ddppl.in/july06/31st/index.htm#g India Trav Talk] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928220845/http://www.ddppl.in/july06/31st/index.htm |date=2007-09-28 }} 30 July 2006</ref> but never completed its establishing process and was shut down in the same year.<ref name="AU"/><br />
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== History ==<br />
[[File:Bombardier CRJ200.jpg|thumb|right|Air Dravida planned to lease CRJ 200s similar to this one.]]<br />
Air Dravida's parent company, Premier Tours And Travels (Chennai) Ltd was founded in 1982. In 2004, they planned to start an airline division. The company announced they were waiting for approvals from the [[Directorate General of Civil Aviation (India)|Directorate General of Civil Aviation]] (DGCA) to commence operations with a fleet of four CRJ 200 aircraft to connect the cities of Chennai, Bangalore, Hyderabad, Kochi, Madurai and Trivandrum with hubs at Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.<ref name="ETW"/> The company was formally launched in November 2005<ref name="FI">{{cite news | title= Directory: World Airlines | work= [[Flight International]] | page= 56 | date= 2007-03-27}}</ref> but never completed its establishing process and was shut down again in the same year.<ref name="AU"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.businesstoday.in/magazine/cover-story/missing-before-action/story/5731.html|title=Missing before action- Business News|website=www.businesstoday.in|access-date=2019-11-15}}</ref><br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.zirconintl.com/home.php/ Website of Promoter]<br />
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{{Airlines of India}}<br />
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[[Category:Proposed airlines of India]]</div>>BattyBot