Star Air is an Indian regional airline that is still a small-scale operator but has grown rapidly since its launch in 2019.
Operating a fleet of five 50-seat ERJ 145s and four 76-seat E175s, the Bangalore-based carrier in southern India already serves 22 destinations.
The plan, however, is to expand its operations in the coming years and to this end, Star Air plans to introduce six more E175 jets in the next 16 months.
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Two of these aircraft, possibly leased, will be added by March 2025 and the other four between April next year and March 2026.
Another ten aircraft are expected by the end of fiscal year 2027, but the airline did not explain whether these would be more Embraers or some other type of aircraft.
Therefore, Star Air would reach a fleet of 25 aircraft, or three times more than today.
Flight network that does not compete with large Indian carriers
The regional airline has managed to grow with a strategy of flights between smaller locations, with the exception of Bangalore.
With this, it offers services on routes that the large Indian carriers are not interested in, such as IndiGo, the largest of them with 400 aircraft, of which 45 are ATR turboprops.
The Indian air travel market is considered the most promising in the world, which explains the huge orders announced not only by IndiGo but also by Air India, now under the control of the Tata group.
The expansion of Star Air has also been a chance for Embraer to showcase its aircraft in a country where they are largely ignored.
The Brazilian planemaker has been making efforts to change the scenario and has even considered a local assembly line to attract more orders.
