News: Kingfisher set to start India flights from UK

Flights > News > # 1815 (24/06/2008)

Kingfisher is set start flights to India from the UK later this summer.
The Indian domestic airline, which is owned by the same company that makes Kingfisher lager, has obtained two slots at Heathrow and is believed to be lining up a second pair of slots from Dutch airline KLM. The Bangalore-based carrier was launched in 2005 and currently flies to 38 destinations in India.
Kingfisher chairman, Vijay Mallya, said flights to the UK will take off by the first week of September. He is not concerned about the high price of oil, adding: "A sound India - UK service is something that has good potential."
Kingfisher is one of only six airlines to have been awarded five stars by airline rating company Skytrax.