Finally, Kingfisher Airlines has some good news to share! Signals are all green for the airline to join oneworld, one of the world’s most prominent airline alliances.
Kingfisher Airlines will be called a member of the oneworld from Feb 10, 2012. And will become the first airline in the entire subcontinent to be part of any such international alliance. Germany’s airberlin and Malaysia Airlines will follow Kingfisher in joining the group next year.
Formed in 1999, oneworld is a consortium of several airlines, including the likes of American Airlines, British Airways and Cathay Pacific. With the inclusion of the India’s Kingfisher Airlines, oneworld will undoubtedly have better flight connections to India. The airline will be able to serve 800 cities in approximately 150 countries.
Currently, oneworld’s American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Japan Airlines, Qantas and Royal Jordanian offer flights to India with Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore, Chennai and Hyderabad being the five gateway options.
While the move is beneficial for both the parties, Kingfisher’s inclusion in oneworld is perhaps most advantageous to the travellers who seek cheap flight tickets to India. India is a top holiday destination as well as an emerging business hub and it comes as a no surprise that cheap flight tickets to the country are highly sought all over the world.
With Kingfisher joining the alliance, there will be better flight connections on offer, which might assist travellers in finding cheap tickets. Additionally, frequent flyers club members of the Kingfisher Airlines will be able to redeem their travel miles in other airlines of the alliance as well.
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Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Friday, September 30, 2011
Kingfisher to End Low-Fare Travel Business
Kingfisher Airlines, India’s second largest airline in terms of passenger traffic, has announced to exit the low-cost segment of the market. The strategy adopted by the airline is completely opposite to that of Jet Airways, the market leader.
Kingfisher Airlines announced on Wednesday that it is going to exit the low-cost business model in four months and would instead focus on catering the premium segment. High debt and cut-throat competition has forced the ‘five star airline’ to take the decision that has left many wondering.
Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines’ flamboyant chairman, made this announcement on the sidelines of the airline’s shareholder meeting. He said that different measures that have been initiated to counter the financial problems caused by augmenting interest burden and rapidly escalating fuel costs.
“We are doing away with Kingfisher Red because we do not intend to compete in the low-cost segment,” Mr Mallya was quoted as stating in different Indian news portals.
“We believe that there are more than enough guests who prefer to travel the full service Kingfisher class and that shows through in our own performance where load factors in the Kingfisher class are more than Kingfisher Red,” he said.
Indian as well many global travellers who prefer cheap flights to India may not exactly take a liking to this bit of announcement as Kingfisher Red was popular choice for travel within India among budget travellers who go for cheap flight tickets.
Kingfisher came onto the Indian aviation scene in 2005 as a full-service airline. In 2008, the airline took over the Air Deccan and formed a low-cost subsidiary offering cheap tickets on domestic flights. And now, after three years, it has been announced that the budget airline will be been scrapped.
“Clearly the margins of Kingfisher Class are better than Kingfisher Red as the yields are better”, Vijay Mallya stated. He also said that the reconfiguration of aircraft has started and it should be completed over the period of next four months.
Kingfisher later issued a statement that said cabin reconfiguration “which will add significant number of seats and, hence, generate additional revenue at minimal cost.”
“All of Kingfisher’s Airbus aircraft will have a first class with incremental seats in economy. At this time Kingfisher will be dropping the Kingfisher Red class of service. This effort will be concluded in the next four months,” the statement further read.
Kingfisher Going Against Market Trend
The announcement of Kingfisher’s exit from low-cost flying has taken many by surprise as at this point of time budget operations are the biggest revenue earners for most of the Indian carriers.
Kingfisher’s strategy seems to differ completely from Jet Airways, country’s market leader in terms of passenger traffic. Recently, Jet Airways announced its plans to increase the ratio of its low-cost flights, from 72% to 85-95% in the next five years. Three out every four tickets sold by Jet Airways is believed to be on the low-cost flight section.
Kingfisher Airlines announced on Wednesday that it is going to exit the low-cost business model in four months and would instead focus on catering the premium segment. High debt and cut-throat competition has forced the ‘five star airline’ to take the decision that has left many wondering.
Vijay Mallya, Kingfisher Airlines’ flamboyant chairman, made this announcement on the sidelines of the airline’s shareholder meeting. He said that different measures that have been initiated to counter the financial problems caused by augmenting interest burden and rapidly escalating fuel costs.
“We are doing away with Kingfisher Red because we do not intend to compete in the low-cost segment,” Mr Mallya was quoted as stating in different Indian news portals.
“We believe that there are more than enough guests who prefer to travel the full service Kingfisher class and that shows through in our own performance where load factors in the Kingfisher class are more than Kingfisher Red,” he said.
Indian as well many global travellers who prefer cheap flights to India may not exactly take a liking to this bit of announcement as Kingfisher Red was popular choice for travel within India among budget travellers who go for cheap flight tickets.
Kingfisher came onto the Indian aviation scene in 2005 as a full-service airline. In 2008, the airline took over the Air Deccan and formed a low-cost subsidiary offering cheap tickets on domestic flights. And now, after three years, it has been announced that the budget airline will be been scrapped.
“Clearly the margins of Kingfisher Class are better than Kingfisher Red as the yields are better”, Vijay Mallya stated. He also said that the reconfiguration of aircraft has started and it should be completed over the period of next four months.
Kingfisher later issued a statement that said cabin reconfiguration “which will add significant number of seats and, hence, generate additional revenue at minimal cost.”
“All of Kingfisher’s Airbus aircraft will have a first class with incremental seats in economy. At this time Kingfisher will be dropping the Kingfisher Red class of service. This effort will be concluded in the next four months,” the statement further read.
Kingfisher Going Against Market Trend
The announcement of Kingfisher’s exit from low-cost flying has taken many by surprise as at this point of time budget operations are the biggest revenue earners for most of the Indian carriers.
Kingfisher’s strategy seems to differ completely from Jet Airways, country’s market leader in terms of passenger traffic. Recently, Jet Airways announced its plans to increase the ratio of its low-cost flights, from 72% to 85-95% in the next five years. Three out every four tickets sold by Jet Airways is believed to be on the low-cost flight section.
Friday, November 26, 2010
Indian airline plans new flight agreement
Indian airline Kingfisher Airlines is to form a new code-share agreement with American Airlines in 2011.
The deal means that American Airlines will be able to put its code on Kingfisher Airlines domestic flights within India as well as on flights to Delhi and Mumbai from London Heathrow.
In return, Kingfisher Airlines will be able to code-share on American Airline flights to Delhi from Chicago and some services between the US and London.
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The deal means that American Airlines will be able to put its code on Kingfisher Airlines domestic flights within India as well as on flights to Delhi and Mumbai from London Heathrow.
In return, Kingfisher Airlines will be able to code-share on American Airline flights to Delhi from Chicago and some services between the US and London.
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