Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey
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Captain GR Gopinath
HarperCollins India
400 pages, Rs 499
Captain Gopinath made flying affordable for middle-class Indians by founding the low-fare carrier Air Deccan in 2003, which was acquired by the United Breweries Group-run airline Kingfisher Airlines Ltd in mid-2007. This is his story: the journey of a boy born in a remote village who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline.
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