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Captain Gorur Ramaswamy Iyengar Gopinath (born 13 November 1951) is an Indian entrepreneur, the founder of Air Deccan, a retired Captain of the Indian Army, an author and a politician.
Jul 22, 2021 · Meet Captain GR Gopinath, founder of India’s first low-cost airline, Air Deccan. From charging half of what competitor airlines did to introducing “dynamic pricing” that offered tickets for as less as Rs 1, Gopinath changed the face of Indian aviation for good.
Nov 14, 2020 · Capt Gopinath launched India's first budget airline in 2003. In the summer of 2005, retired army officer-turned-businessman GR Gopinath announced that he would enable Indians to fly at one...
Jun 18, 2024 · Here's everything you need to know about Captain GR Gopinath, who is the inspiration behind Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Sarfira. Captain Gopinath founded Air Deccan, India's first low-cost airline. Akshay Kumar-starrer is the remake of the 2020 Tamil film Soorarai Pottru, headlined by Suriya.
Oct 30, 2020 · Artistic license aside, the movie is actually based on Captain G R Gopinath, the pioneer of low-cost aviation in India. The movie was inspired by his 2011 autobiography ‘Simply Fly’, which outlines the journey of a young boy who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline.
Some weeks ago, I got an email out of the blue from Captain Gopinath, the former owner of Deccan Airways. Gopi — as I call him — wanted me to speak at the launch of his new book, Our India ...
Apr 5, 2017 · Popularly known as Captain Gopinath thanks to his stint with the Indian Army, the 65-year-old’s Air Deccan introduced Indians to cheap airfares in the early 2000s.
Oct 26, 2020 · The inspiring journey of Captain G R Gopinath from an obscure village in Karnataka to a momentous career in the Indian Army and then to the founding of low-cost airline, Air Deccan, that...
Aug 4, 2023 · This week on The Mohua Show we have Captain G.R. Gopinath. The founder of Air Deccan and a renowned Indian entrepreneur. Discover his journey into the aviation industry, the challenges he faced in launching a low-cost airline, and the transformative impact Air Deccan had on Indian air travel.
May 16, 2012 · The book - "Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey," is an autobiography of Captain Gopinath which talks about how a boy (Gopinath) grew up in a remote village and went from riding a bullock cart to...
