Kingfisher's 12 planes grounded due to lack of engineering

Kingfisher has hit an air pocket. Its services have been rescheduled recently after a number of its planes have been grounded because of non-maintenance and servicing of the fleet's engine.
This has come at a time when its flights have been running full capacity. Kingfisher aircraft, which are using the engines manufactured by International Aero Engines, have been facing the trouble. Twelve of its planes are now grounded for lack of engineering support. It has had to rework its 380 domestic flights to 59 domestic destinations because its fleet includes 66 aircrafts, of which 27 are ATRs and the rest Airbus A320s.
Some of its ATR's have also been grounded for over for over two months now, reducing its capacity in tier two cities, which are driving bulk of the growth for the aviation market.
14/09/11 Faizan Khan/NDTV.com

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