Wednesday, January 5, 2011

King Fisher Airlines
















Kingfisher Airlines is an airline group based in India. Its head office is Kingfisher House in Vile Parle (East), Mumbai.[3][4] Kingfisher Airlines, through its parent company United Breweries Group, has a 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red.
Kingfisher Airlines is one of six airlines in the world to have a 5-star rating from Skytrax, along with Asiana Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways and Singapore Airlines.[5][6] Kingfisher operates more than 375 daily flights to 71 destinations, with regional and long-haul international services.[1] In May 2009, Kingfisher Airlines carried more than a million passengers, giving it the highest market share among airlines in India.[7]
Kingfisher Airlines is also the sponsor of F1 racing outfit, Force India, in which Vijay Mallya also owns.


New Aircrafts And Deliveries

On 21 July 2004, a memorandum of understanding with AirbusA320-200 with options for four to eight [16]. The first four A320-200from debis Airfinance hired.
On 23 February 2005 signed a contract with Airbus A319 Airbus100s and three firm orders for ten Airbus A320-200 with options foranother eight. [17] On 25 April 2005, received the first AirbusA320-200 aircraft [18] for the start of ninth May 2005.
On 15 June 2005, made history by becoming the first Indian airlineto order Airbus A330, Airbus A350 and Airbus A380. order for fiveA330-200, A350 and A380-800 800 5-5 years. [19]
On 21 November 2005, became the thirty Airbus A320 familyaircraft. [20]
On 24 April 2006 at Hanover, who was the first Indian airline toorder the new Airbus A340 aircraft. order for five A340-500 [21] No.A340-500 orders in 2008 was canceled due to the global economiccrisis that has led to high oil prices in the world in July 2008.
On 20 June 2007 in the Aeronautical Exhibition in Paris in 2007, a memorandum of understanding with Airbus for eight A320 familyaircraft, ten Airbus A330-200, five Airbus A340-500s and tenAirbus A350-800. [22] in order for five A340-500 has become theA330-200 in 2008, after the cancellation of the first five A340-500in April 2006 was set up in Hanover.
On 14 July 2008, Kingfisher unveiled its first widebody aircraft,Airbus A330-200 (registered VJL VT) Aviation Farnborough Hall46 July 2008. First Kingfisher Airbus A330-200 is a wide wage(press release by the airline) as the best A330 ever built byAirbus-200


Accidents And Incidents

On 10 November 2009, summer 4124 run ATR 72-212A VT-Kac,slid off the runway after landing at Chhatrapati Shivaji InternationalAirport. aircraft sustained substantial damage, but all 46 passengersand crew escaped unharmed [29]. In November 2010, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation issued a final report on the accident. It seems that the cause of the accident was pilot error, with the plane landing at excessive speed and too far from the runway27A, which is the designation given runway 27, while the reduction inthe length of the closure of the operational runway 14/32 for an interview.





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