Kingfisher cargo service from February 2

Mumbai: In a bid to improve ancillary revenue and cash flows, Kingfisher Airlines on Friday announced that it will be starting a door-to-door delivery cargo service from next month. The service — Kingfisher Xpress — will use the airline’s belly space for carrying cargo from February 2.
“Through this service, we will improve our ancillary revenue and utilisation of the aircraft,” said Prakash Mirpuri, vice president-corporate communications.
Ancillary revenue constitutes income from sale of merchandise on the aircraft, advertising on seats and aircraft, excess baggage and other non-ticket services. It is generally around 5-10% of an airline’s total revenues.
The Kingfisher service will offer a pick up facility in the six metros and delivery in 18 cities — the four metros and Bagdogra, Bangalore, Coimbatore, Kochi, Goa, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Raipur, Ranchi, Lucknow, Nagpur, Pune and Srinagar. It will also offer money-back guarantee.
30/01/10 Ramiya Bhas/Daily News & Analysis

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