Dnata Travel Services has been appointed as General Sales Agent for passenger sales for Kingfisher Airlines for Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, the Northern Emirates and Kuwait.
The contract was signed on October 17 2007 at the Dnata Travel Centre between Iain Andrew, Divisional Senior Vice President, Dnata Travel Services, and V. Raja, Global Sales Head, Kingfisher Airlines Limited.



The agreement offers customers an increased distribution platform with access to any Dnata Travel outlet or local travel agency in the represented territories of Abu Dhabi, Sharjah, Northern Emirates and Kuwait.

Customers can also call and book e-tickets on Kingfisher Airlines at Dnata's 24-hour contact centre, manned by skilled and multi-lingual staff trained to meet the requirements of the customers, on +971 (0)4 3166666.

Dnata Travel Services is GSA to more than 40 airlines in Dubai, Northern Emirates and the GCC region, acting as the essential link between its airline partners and local travel agents and providing more than 40 years of experience to promote and sell their services in a highly competitive and dynamic market.

04/11/07 Al-Bawaba, Jordan

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd, together with its low-fare airline affiliate Deccan, wants to fly direct flights to two dozen destinations outside India as part of an ambitious launch of international operations that are scheduled for early next year.
Deccan, the airline that Kingfisher is likely to use to fly overseas, has sought government permission to fly to the US, the UK, Germany, Canada, Switzerland, South Africa, China, Australia, Thailand, Malaysia, Nepal, Sri Lanka as well as some countries in West Asia.



State-run National Aviation Co. of India Ltd’s Air India flies to 40 international cities from India and Jet Airways (India) Ltd flies to about 10.
In September, JetLite (India) Ltd, formerly Air Sahara and now controlled by Jet, sought approvals for daily flights between Chennai and Colombo as also New Delhi and Kathmandu, besides permission to fly to Dubai, Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
Both Kingfisher Airlines and Deccan are not eligible to fly international routes yet. Current civil aviation rules do not allow an airline with less than five years’ domestic operations to fly overseas and a proposal to dilute that rule is still pending with a group of ministers who are scheduled to meet later this month.
02/11/07 Tarun Shukla/Livemint

Kingfisher Airlines is increasingly looking to connect virgin markets, including tourism hotspots like Jodhpur, Jaisalmer and small towns like Surat and Hubli.
"The decision to connect virgin destinations is usually not revenue driven. We are also looking to spur use of air connectivity in these cities by connecting them to the mainland," Kingfisher Airlines global sales head V Raja told mediapersons at a meeting held in Port Blair on Friday.



Kingfisher Airlines has touched cities like Kochi, Goa, Hubli, Kandla, Surat, Trivandrum and also Agatti (Lakshadweep). "The idea is to trigger demand is these destinations since they can prove to be potential revenue earners," he added. "Apart from introducing flights on these routes, we are working closely with our advisory group firm Kingfisher Holidays for tie-ups with hotels in these cities to boost business as well as leisure and tourist traffic. We expect to provide more connectivity and flight options across our network in the months ahead," Kingfisher Airlines' global sales chief said.

Elaborating the airlines plans for Port Blair, Mr Raja said the group is in discussions with the likes of Hotel Sinclairs Bay View and Fortune Resort Bay Island to offer special packages during peak season for holidayers.

04/11/07 Anuradha Himatsingka/Economic Times

The world-famous temple city of Khajuraho will be connected with a new flight by Kingfisher Airlines from November one.

The 140-seater flight will be launched on the the foundation day of Madhya Pradesh, sources said on Friday.



At present, Indian and Jet Airways operate flights on the route. While Indian flight is available six days a week, Jet operates its flight daily from the city.

Around 200 passengers arrive in the city through these flights and the number is expected to increase after the introduction of Kingfisher's flight, further boosting the tourism, sources added.

26/10/07 PTI/Economic Times

In a bid to wipe off red ink from its balance sheet, India’s largest budget carrier, Air Deccan, is planning to withdraw from all loss-making routes. The new strategy being scripted for the Bangalore-based carrier following its takeover by Vijay Mallya’s UB Group positions it on non-metro routes. The metro routes would be the focus of Kingfisher with its premium full-service model, aiming at improved revenues.
Air Deccan may also reduce frequency on routes like Delhi-Bangalore. At the same time, Kingfisher is expected to go all out on busy sectors like Delhi-Mumbai and Delhi-Bangalore.



According to industry sources, Mr Mallya held a meeting on Monday with Kingfisher and Air Deccan officials and reviewed the route rationalisation process being carried on by the two airlines. He stressed that both ailines should have their focus clearly defined rather than competing with each other. Mr Mallya’s UB Group acquired 26% stake in Air Deccan for Rs 550 crore in June this year.

Rebranding of Air Deccan is likely to take effect from October 15, the sources said.
03/10/07 Nirbhay Kumar/Economic Times

Government’s refusal to give permission to use foreign cabin crew in domestic flights has not deterred liquor baron Vijay Mallya from giving an international touch to his domestic airline operations. Kingfisher Airlines has shortlisted over 50 expats professionals — largely from East European countries — to be placed at major metro airports as guest service relations (behind check-in counters and assisting passengers).



“Once they get a firsthand experience of the Indian operations, they would be deployed on international flights as cabin crew,” said a senior Kingfisher executive. The first batch is expected to be seen at major airports by November this year.

This would be a run-up to Kingfisher launching its international operations by April next year, if the government relaxes the mandatory five-year domestic operations norm for private airlines.

Kingfisher had in July sought DGCA’s nod for flying expat cabin crew in domestic routes. But Government put its foot down over the issue.

17/09/07 Sudipto Dey/Economic Times

Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., owned by India's biggest brewer, may sell shares to investors after it becomes profitable as it seeks to expand in India and abroad.
``When Kingfisher turns to profit, which we expect to be in financial year '09, that's the time to consider placing Kingfisher equity,'' Chairman Vijay Mallya said in an interview in London



Billionaire Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines, which began flights in May 2005, is betting rising demand for travel in the world's second fastest-growing economy after China, will help it make profits. India's air travel market is estimated to surge sixfold to 180 million passengers by 2020, the government said in April. Turning profitable will help the 51-year old Mallya raise more money from investors.
``We have many options open to us, but parting with equity or diluting UB's stakeholding in Kingfisher will only be at the right price,'' he said.
Meanwhile, Mallya's UB Group, which owns the airline, will continue to fund the carrier's expansion. Kingfisher, named after the UB Group's best-selling beer brand, operates about 187 flights everyday.

India’s Kingfisher Airlines has signed with OnAir for in-flight Internet and mobile phone communications services for its planned long-haul international operations.


OnAir announced this morning at Asian Aerospace in Hong Kong that the in-flight communications services will start to be introduced by Kingfisher in 2008, and that by 2009 passengers will be able to use the Internet while in-flight, as well as send and receive emails and make and receive calls on their own mobile devices.



The services will initially be offered on five Airbus A330s and five Airbus A340-500s. OnAir says the airline plans to eventually have the system on all its long-range aircraft. The carrier also has Airbus A350s and A380s on order.

Kingfisher is the first Indian carrier to sign with OnAir, which is a joint venture between Airbus and SITA. Its services are based on an onboard server connected to ground through Inmarsat’s broadband satellite infrastructure, SwiftBroadband.

05/09/07 Nicholas Ionides/Flightglobal.com/Flight International

Kingfisher Airlines' plan to fly from Bangalore to San Francisco from April 2008 and thereafter to New York would be in jeopardy if there is no change in government policy on overseas flights by airlines.


Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya has said that he would use the rights of Air Deccan to fly overseas. But that may be easier said than done.
Under existing government policy, only airlines that have been flying domestically for more than five years are eligible to fly overseas.


"There is no provision to allow one carrier to use the other's rights if one just has a stake in the other," says a senior aviation ministry official. Only if an airline is fully bought over or merged can the rights be used interchangeably. The policy is that "traffic rights on international routes allotted to an airline being taken over will be transferred subject to its actual use."

It is important to note that the A340-500 aircraft that Kingfisher plans to use for the overseas flights, with 36 first class and 204 Kingfisher class seats, will be Kingfisher aircraft.

Moreover, the service that Kingfisher intends to provide is intrinsically linked to its brand and will be a premium business class product, with possibly a 'chef-on-board', quite in contrast to what Air Deccan might offer as and when it does
fly overseas.

05/09/07 Anjuli Bhargava/Business Standard

Kingfisher Airlines is now hiring!

For Mumbai, Delhi & Bangalore, they are looking for "flying models"

Male & Female Graduates.

Requirement

Minimum age 18 yrs

Minimum Height 160 cms (5'3") and proportionate weight

Flawless skin, no tattoos, birth marks, scars on face, neck, arms and legs

Minimum HSC with fluency in English

Guest Services Agent, Airport

Male & Female graduates in the age group of 20 - 30 yrs with a pleasing personality.

Should have 1 - 2 years of work exp with an airline, Travel Agency or hospitality.

Freshers also welcome!

To know interview details, click readmore

WALK IN ON


31st August & 1st September '07
Friday & Saturday


ESSEX FARMS
4, Aurobindo Marg,
New Delhi

Time: 1000 hrs till 1600 hrs

Please take a passport size & a full lenght photograph with you.
You should be in Western Formals.