Kingfisher Decides On JFK For NY Flights

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya, having inspected the New York Kennedy and New York Newark airports last week, decided on flying from India to JFK Terminal 4 in August 2008, The DAILY has learned.
Accenture is working on the merger of Air Deccan and Kingfisher that will permit the carrier to fly abroad. India requires its carriers to have a five-year operational history a fulfilling and meeting a minimum fleet requirement before flying abroad, requirements that Kingfisher wouldn't have met on its own.
Air Deccan received its Air Operators License in January 2003, and the government of India has given it in-principle approval to operate on international routes, an aviation ministry source told The DAILY. The airline applied to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation for 40 routes that include the U.S., Middle East and Southeast Asia.
Kingfisher is firming up plans to launch nonstop flights to San Francisco, New York and London from Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi. The airline also plans to connect Los Angeles and Vancouver.
30/11/07 Neelam Mathews/Aviation Daily

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