Kingfisher to fly to seven more foreign destinations

Leading airline service provider Kingfisher Airlines yesterday announced that it would offer flights to seven more international destinations over the next three months. 

Currently, Kingfisher offers international flights to just London and Colombo, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd vice-president (Global Sales) Siva Ramachandran said, adding that there is a proposal for including destinations like Singapore, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Dhaka, Dubai and Maldives.

"Apart from this our service network would also extend to other international destinations in the Gulf such as Saudi Arabia and Kuwait," he added.

He also said that for this the company is also planning to hire foreign crew, adding "we are also waiting to get government permission in this regard".

Yesterday, Kingfisher Airlines launched its daily flights from Chennai to Colombo and Bangalore to Colombo.