Kingfisher Dives into Indian Domestic Market

Posted 13/06/2011

Kingfisher Airlines has launched nine new domestic routes and in the process has become the only carrier to offer flights between Mumbai-Kolhapur, New Delhi-Pantnagar, and Jabalpur- Indore. In addition, Kingfisher has also introduced direct flights between Mumbai and Thiruvanthapuram and all the flights will operate under the Kingfisher Red brand.

"Kingfisher Airlines is always looking for opportunities to improve connectivity.  The launch of these nine new flights will further strengthen our presence in the country as the airline with the largest domestic route network,” said Manoj Chacko, Executive Vice President, Commercial, Kingfisher Airlines.

Kingfisher is currently the third largest carrier in India by domestic seat capacity, offering more than 285,000 seats to the market on more than 2,500 weekly domestic rotations.  These new flights are aimed at opening new markets and to develop improved connectivity to other cities in the Kingfisher Airlines network via Mumbai and New Delhi.

Schedule:

Mumbai – Kolhapur
IT4113 BOM1000 – 1110KLH ATR x246 10JUN11 -
IT4114 KLH1135 – 1245BOM ATR x246 10JUN11 -

Delhi – Pantnagar
IT4363 DEL1305 – 1405PGH ATR x135 11JUN11 -
IT4364 PGH1530 – 1630DEL ATR x135 11JUN11 -

Mumbai – Thiruvananthapuram
IT3137 BOM1215 – 1415TRV 320 x246 15JUN11 -
IT3138 TRV1445 – 1650BOM 320 x246 15JUN11 -

Mumbai – Jabalpur – Indore – Mumbai
IT3147 BOM1615 – 1730JLR1800 – 1900IDR 319 D 20JUN11 -
IT3148 JLR1800 – 1900IDR1955 – 2110BOM 319 D 20JUN11 -

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