Kingfisher to fly over sea routes on August 27

New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines has set a target for August 27 to fly overseas routes two days after Deccan Airways turns five years old and becomes eligible for flying abroad. Kingfisher’s first route would be Bangalore to San Francisco aboard a brand new Airbus A 340. Officially, though the company is still awaiting permission to fly on overseas routes.
Kingfisher is expected to complete its functional merger (demerger as per the Accenture report) with Deccan in March.
According to sources, Kingfisher Airlines would be the holding company under which there will be two carriers - Kingfisher Airlines, which would operate the full service long-haul routes and Kingfisher Deccan for low-cost short haul operations. “Kingfisher would service the Europe and US routes, while Kingfisher Deccan will serve the Asia and Middle-East routes,” the official said. The airline would subsequently start three more international routes after the Bangalore-San Francisco route becomes operational.
26/01/08 Shauvik Ghosh/Financial Express

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