Kingfisher to launch Mumbai-London flight Monday

October 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Kerala government has chartered a Kingfisher Airline flight to take the bodies of the Thekkady boat tragedy to Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kolkata, a state government official said Thursday. "The flight is expected to take off from Kochi (in Kerala) at 10 p.m.

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Kingfisher Airlines flight to Bangalore returned minutes after take-off from here Tuesday when a technical snag was detected, an airport official said. Flight IT 103, with 80 passengers on board, took off from the Chhatrapati Shivaji Interantional Airport shortly after 9 a.m.

September 15th, 2009 MUMBAI - A Mumbai to Bangalore Kingfisher Airlines flight had to make an emergency landing at Mumbai Airport soon after take-off after its landing gear malfunctioned on Tuesday. Preliminary reports quoting sources said that Kingfisher Flight IT 103, which was carrying 98 passengers headed for Bangalore reported a gear malfunction soon after take off to Air Traffic Control (ATC).

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-owned Kingfisher Airlines Monday said it planned to raise $100 million (about Rs.500 crore) in Global Depository Receipts (GDRs). In a regulatory statement to the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), it said the funds would be raised subject to shareholders' approval.

August 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways will launch a New Delhi-Hong Kong daily service from Sep 30, a top airline official announced here Monday. "The return Hong Kong-New Delhi flight would be launched Oct 1 to mark China's national day," said Jet chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.

July 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch flight from Mumbai to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from Aug 6, the airline said Wednesday. The airline will launch four services a week on the Mumbai-Riyadh sector - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Jet said in a statement.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's private carrier Kingfisher Airlines is planning to launch flights on eight international routes this year, it said Saturday. We have planned a roadmap for the next phase of international routes.

June 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Air travel on Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines has become costlier, with both carriers Wednesday increasing fuel surcharge on tickets by Rs.400 on all domestic sectors. Attributing the decision to an increase in aviation fuel prices, Jet said the fuel surcharge would be applicable on all Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite flights from Wednesday.

May 26th, 2009 King Mobile Enables Guests to view flight details, purchase tickets, check-in, manage reservations, and book holidays Mumbai, May 26 2009: Kingfisher Airlines, India's only Five Star airline, rated by Skytrax, today announced the launch of King Mobile, a mobile ticketing solution. King Mobile will be available exclusively on ngpay, India’s fastest-growing mobile commerce service.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading private carrier Jet Airways will launch a new economy service, 'Jet Airways Konnect', from Friday on select sectors, the airline announced Thursday. The company said in a regulatory statement that Jet Konnect would offer almost all services of the parent carrier and would help the airline cater to the needs of the consumers opting for low-fare services.

April 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The new domestic departure terminal of the Indira Gandhi International airport became operational here Sunday with an Indigo flight taking off for Guwahati early in the morning. A spokesperson of airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, told IANS: 'The first Indigo flight for Guwahati took off at 5.30 a.m.

April 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A sleek new domestic departure terminal of the Indira Gandhi International Airport became operational Sunday, replacing a decades-old cramped terminal that was synonymous with disorder and lacked basic facilities for a modern traveller. A spokesperson of airport developer Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), a GMR-led consortium, told IANS: 'The first Indigo flight for Guwahati took off at 5.30 a.m.

March 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India Sunday launched its daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt, the airline's official said. The flight took off around 1.50 a.m.

March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's leading private air carrier Jet Airways Thursday announced that it will launch direct daily flights from Mumbai to Kuwait from March 29. This will be the airline's second daily service to Kuwait from India.

January 18th, 2009 BANGALORE - Kingfisher Airlines Monday launched daily direct flights to Colombo from Bangalore and Chennai, the airlines said here. 'The flights on these two new routes will be operated using brand new Airbus A320 aircraft,' it said in a press release.