Kingfisher plans Heathrow-India flights
Private Indian airline Kingfisher has signalled an early September start of flights from London.
The airline’s chairman and CEO, Indian tycoon Virjay Mallya, revealed in a BBC interview that the carrier had obtained slots at Heathrow to the allow flights to commence.
The route would be either to Mumbai or Bangalore and would be the carrier’s first international service.
Kingfisher Airlines was established three years ago as India’s first ‘five-star airline’ and is part of the UB group, the world’s third largest drinks company.
The airline merged with rival Deccan a year ago and now serves 64 cities in India with almost 500 daily departures.
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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