Jet-Kingfisher rivalry goes to foreign skies

New Delhi: The Kingfisher-Jet Airways rivalry in domestic skies is now going to overseas. As Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher-Deccan combine is setting up its international operation base in Bangalore and Mumbai, Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet has also announced that it will "soon" launch flights from Bangalore to three North American cities of New York, New Jersey and Toronto via its European hub Brussels.
While Kingfisher is launching its daily flights from Bangalore to London on September 3, it will also connect US cities like New York and San Francisco and other western destinations. Jet is now going to target this market by offering direct flights to Brussels and not first making the passengers from Bangalore flying to Mumbai for taking a flight to Belgium and beyond.
"Currently we have flights from Chennai, Delhi and Mumbai to Brussels and those planes go beyond to US and Canada. We were planning to link Bangalore and Ahmedabad to Brussels and now the Bangalore link will happen first for obvious reasons," said a senior Jet official. Initially, Kingfisher plans to have most of its international flights from India out of Bangalore and Mumbai. Delhi will be used for low-cost flights to nearby places like Karachi, Kathmandu and Dubai.
21/08/08 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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Categories: Foreign Aug 2008, Kingfisher Aug 2008