Kingfisher to deploy wide-body aircraft on domestic sectors

New Delhi: UB Group-owned Kingfisher Airlines Ltd plans to deploy its wide-body aircraft meant to fly international routes on domestic sectors such as Delhi-Bangalore for a few months as it waits for an August-end schedule to start international flights pending a merger with Deccan Aviation Ltd, which it bought late last year.
Nearly 10 wide-body aircraft, including the Airbus SAS-made A330, which can fly from India to Europe, and the A340, which can fly non-stop from India to the US, are slated to join the airline’s fleet of about 80 aircraft, starting May-end.
While Deccan, which is merging with the two-year-old Kingfisher, has been granted an “in-principle” approval by the civil aviation ministry to fly abroad from August-end, it is likely that the airline will fly only under Kingfisher’s brand name. Meanwhile, the airline plans to use the first of the two A330s that come end-May for thrice a day services between Delhi-Bangalore starting the first week of June.
15/04/08 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

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