Kingfisher Airlines to start daily flights from Bangalore to Dubai, effective June 25, 2009

Kingfisher Airlines will commence daily flight service from Bangalore to Dubai (Terminal 1) from June 25, 2009. The flight, using an A320 aircraft (174 seater), will take off from Bangalore at 6:30 pm and arrive in Dubai at 8:55 pm local time while the return flight will leave Dubai at 11:30 pm and reach Bangalore at 4:45 am. The information was divulged during the Arabian Travel Market (ATM) 2009 which concluded recently in Dubai. The airline also plans to start flights to Abu Dhabi within the UAE as well as is considering the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in the Gulf region.

Further effective May 15, the airline will also be commencing its – Kolkata-Dhaka service which will be a daily flight being operated on an ATR 72-seater aircraft. Post the acquisition of Air Deccan in 2007, the airline has expanded its route network significantly and currently, has 87 aircraft in its fleet and 438 flights daily to 72 destinations in India and abroad. It operates 27 direct flights to Indian destinations from Bangalore.