The country’s fastest growing airline, Kingfisher Airlines, has kick started daily direct flights from Kochi to Thiruvananthapuram and Kozhikode, and from Kozhikode to Mangalore and Goa.

The new services has in fact helped Kingfisher Airlines to take its number of flights to 200 a day, connecting 32 cities. Kingfisher Airlines has introduced
the new services as a step towards enhancing flight opportunities to its clients. A report added that this will be the first of its kind of flight that hugs all the five airports on the entire Malabar Coast up to Konkan, and provides quick connectivity between all stations.

Meanwhile, the airline major is expected to team up with Air Deccan and Abu Dhabi-based Gulf Aircraft Maintenance (Gamco) in order to set up a maintenance, repair, and overhauling (MRO) facility. The preferred location is being rumored to be Bangalore. The collaboration is expected to boost the current technical relationship that the two Indian majors have with Gamco for the maintenance of their Airbus aircraft. The MRO facility may likely be established at a cost of between Rs 200 and 400 crore, said a report.

Kingfisher Airlines, along with Deccan, had earlier been reported as having discussions with local outfit Jupiter Aviation for the setting up of a $100 million MRO facility in Bangalore but the plans did not materialize.

Kingfisher has been in the news for its joint marketing initiative with Corporate Card issuer American Express following the launch of the first airline corporate charge card specifically targeted at the small to medium sized enterprise (SME) market in India. The Amex Kingfisher Airlines Corporate Card offers local companies an 8-per cent rebate on Kingfisher Airlines air travel which is charged to the card and will also offer card holders an exclusive membership upgrade within the Kingfisher Airlines frequent flyer program, King Club.

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