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Kingfisher Airlines
Kingfisher Airlines Limited is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It operates 218 flights a day and has a network of 38 destinations, with plans for regional and long-haul international services. Its main bases are Bengaluru International Airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport. Kingfisher Airlines, through one of its holding companies United Breweries Group, has acquired 26% stake in the budget airline Air Deccan and has option to buy further of 20% stake from the secondary sector.
Kingfisher is one of six airlines in the world to have a five-star rating from Skytrax, along with Asiana Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways.
| Fleet | ||||
| Aircraft Type | No. in Service | KF - First | KF - Economy | Total Capacity |
| A 319 | 3 |
| 144 | 144 |
| A 320 (Single Cabin) | 3 |
| 174 | 174 |
| A 321 (Single Cabin) | 2 |
| 199 | 199 |
| A 320 (Dual Cabin) | 9 | 20 | 114 | 134 |
| A 321 (Dual Cabin) - 1 | 4 | 32 | 119 | 151 |
| A 321 (Dual Cabin) - 2 | 2 | 20 | 158 | 178 |
| ATR 72 - 500 | 15 |
| 66 | 66 |
| Standby ( ATR 72-500 ) | 3 |
| 66 | 66 |
| Standby A320 ( Dual Cabin ) | 1 | 20 | 114 | 134 |
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Kingfisher Airlines currently operates only a domestic network across India. It has plans to start international services to North America using Airbus A340-500 aircraft. Other destinations in consideration for future expansion include East Midlands, London, Sydney, San Francisco, Singapore, Hong Kong, Vancouver, Kuala Lumpur and Bangkok from its Bengaluru hub.
The airline plans to begin operations from London Heathrow to Bengaluru and Mumbai, followed by flights from Bengaluru to San Fransico and New York, via Amsterdam by september 2008. Further into the future, international services will possibly be expanded to the Middle-East, East Asia, Sri lanka, Nepal and Pakistan, starting with the Bengaluru to Singapore sector. The airline will use the Bengaluru International Airport as its main international hub.
