Govt to tell 13 nations Deccan can fly abroad

New Delhi: Billionaire businessman Vijay Mallya’s ambition of taking his Kingfisher Airlines international inched closer to reality with the government starting to notify overseas destinations to which the carrier’s subsidiary, Simplifly Deccan, will be allowed to fly.
The civil aviation ministry this week sent a note to the ministry of external affairs to inform the authorities in at least 13 countries that the airline will be eligible to fly to cities there from this date, according to a copy of the note seen by Mint. The destinations are in the US, the UK, Singapore, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Thailand, Maldives, Pakistan and Hong Kong.
Still, it is unlikely that Kingfisher Airlines will operate on the proposed international routes given the losses Indian and global carriers have piled up as they reel under record fuel prices and decelerating passenger traffic growth.
“We are revaluating our plans with the fuel prices what they are and we will take a decision soon on our international operations,” said Hitesh Patel, executive vice-president of Kingfisher Airlines.
10/07/08 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

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Categories: Deccan Jul 2008, Foreign Jul 2008, Kingfisher Jul 2008