Kingfisher may be first to fly non-stop to US West Coast

Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines could be the first airline to offer non-stop connectivity from India to the West Coast in the US.
With its operations commencing on the Bangalore-San Francisco sector by end-August, UB Group’s airline is likely to beat the national carrier Air India, eyeing the same route with non-stop flights.
While Kingfisher is looking at August 27 as the launch date, a spokesperson from Air India told Business Line that the carrier would commence operations mostly by the end of the year. Kingfisher plans to deploy Airbus 340-500 for connecting the two big silicon destinations.
Kingfisher would be the first carrier from India as well as from the US to offer direct connectivity to the West Coast.
However, Jet Airways could be the first to connect to San Francisco from Mumbai with a stopover at Shanghai. The private carrier recently got permission to fly to China.
12/02/08 Shubhra Tandon/Business Line

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