Kingfisher Airlines, one of the India’s leading privately owned airline extended its international footprint by launching daily direct flights from Colombo to Bangalore and Colombo Chennai yesterday.
Chairman of the Aitken Spence Limited, the General Sales Agents(GSA) for Kingfisher Air lines in Sri Lanka Harry Jayawardene said becoming GSA of Kingfisher further consolidates groups activities in the airline sector.
“We are in the airline sector for the past 30 years and we are the oldest GSA in the world for Singapore airlines. Kingfisher choosing us for their expansions would further consolidates our march in the airline industry.” He said.
Vice President Global Sales Kingfisher Airlines Limited Siva Ramachandran speaking media last evening said that Colombo become its second international destination and intend to providing a delightful experience for the travellers.
We are delighted to welcome Colombo at the largest destination in our global network and we look forward to extending our hospitality to guest on this new service. The warm relationship between Sri Lanka and India has grown over the years and we believe the introduction of Kingfisher Airlines ‘s new service will help foster even closer bilateral trade and tourism ties. The initial response to the launch of the these new flights has been extremely encouraging and we look forward to rapidly establishing our presence in Sri Lankan market.” He said.
Company also said that ever since its launch in may 2005 Kingfisher Airlines has blazed a trail of innovations and introduced a range of market firsts that have completely redefined the whole experience of flying.
By evaluating its customers to level of being guest and not passengers, Kingfisher Airlines has endeared itself to consumers. A growing testimony of this is the numerous awards and recognitions that the kingfisher airlines has won at domestic level as well as international level.
According to company Kingfisher Airlines is India’s first and only 5 star airline and only one to offer premium first class. Currently airlines covers all segments of air travel from low fares to premium service and offers most flights by any single airline network in India. With a fleet of 87 aircraft kingfisher airlines connects 73 cities and operates 442 flights a day.
The company is a part of UB group that is also the largest conglomerates with diverse interest and global presence. The UB Group is also the largest Indian alcoholic beverages company and second larget drinks group in the world.
Source:dailymirror.lk
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