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Flying towards better times

Kingfisher Airlines has launched its flight between Dubai and Bangalore and this is just the beginning

  • By Pauline M. Forte, Features Writer
  • Published: 23:25 July 3, 2009
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India's Kingfisher Airlineslaunched its flight between Dubai and Bangalore, announcing the airline's entry into the Middle East.

Siva Ramachandran, vice-president for global sales, Kingfisher Airlines, said: “Dubai is the airline's fourth international destination, after London, Colombo and Dhaka.

"The flights between Dubai and Bangalore will be operated using the A320 family of aircraft featuring the premium economy service, Kingfisher Class.''

One Kingfisher Airlines flight with 174 seats on-board will fly from Dubai daily.

Although prices may vary, flights cost Dh1,250 on weekdays and Dh1,580 on weekends. Flights take off from Dubai (Terminal 1) at 10.10pm and reach Bangalore at 3.45am the following day.

Return flights depart from Bangalore at 6.15pm and land in Dubai at 8.55pm. Passengers are allowed 40kg of checked luggage and 10kg of carry-on.

Great connection

UAE passengers on Kingfisher flights to Bangalore can easily connect to more than 50 domestic destinations with almost immediate links to Mangalore, Goa, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Pune, Kolkata, Hubli, Belgaum, Nagpur, Guwahati, Bhubaneswar, Hyderabad and all major metros in India.

Impressive numbers

“By 11pm, you can reach most of the cities in India,'' said Vinay Nambiar, area manager of Kingfisher Airlines for the UAE, Oman and Qatar. The airline has scheduled more than 400 departures daily, with a fleet of 74 aircraft.

Ramachandran said the airline is soon to operate to more international destinations, including Saudi Arabia, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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