Tag: Kingfisher
Former Jet Airways Chair forced to deboard at Mumbai Airport
Anil Mathur - eTN India- May 27, 2019 18:44In a shocking development, Naresh Goyal and his wife, Anita, were forced to deboard the aircraft they were on at Mumbai Airport from a Saturday flight that was scheduled to ... Read More
Bugoma Forest must remain, says Uganda’s President, but conservationists not celebrating just yet
Tony Ofungi - eTN Uganda- May 18, 2019 17:45Following a sustained campaign over a court ruling to lease Bugoma Forest to Hoima Sugar Works last month, Uganda President Museveni has pronounced that Bugoma Forest must remain. This follows ... Read More
The World Travel Award goes to Shaza
Juergen T Steinmetz- April 28, 2019 17:48Shaza, a unique luxury hotel brand inspired by the cultures of the Silk Route, walked off with no less than five trophies at the World Travel Awards presentation ceremony, held ... Read More
Taj Cape Town welcomes new Marketing Manager
Chief Assignment Editor- February 25, 2019 18:04Experienced hospitality industry expert Nadia Samuels has joined Taj Cape Town as Marketing Manager, with her appointment official as of late January 2019. Samuels joins Cape Town’s premier inner-city luxury ... Read More
Three more Kingfisher senior execs quit grounded airline
editor- June 3, 2013 02:30MUMBAI, India - Three more senior executives of Kingfisher Airlines, including its chief information officer, have quit the grounded carrier even as a section of its pilots are set to ... Read More
Kingfisher starts paying May salary to lower level staff
editor- November 19, 2012 05:43MUMBAI, India - The grounded Kingfisher Airlines on Friday started paying salary for the month of May to its lower level staff and some cabin crew while there was no ... Read More
The Zombie Airline?
editor- October 6, 2012 07:50If zombies are creatures that continue to exist beyond their lifespan, then India’s Kingfisher is certainly in the running for that designation. Read More
Lenders consortium turns down Kingfisher’s loan request
editor- September 28, 2012 07:56MUMBAI, India - Turning down a request for Rs 200 crore working loan by Kingfisher, the SBI-led lenders consortium on Thursday asked SBI Capitals to chalk out a fresh revival ... Read More
Kingfisher Airlines: We are in a do or die situation
editor- July 16, 2012 04:09NEW DELHI, India - After putting up a brave front in the face of mounting adversity, crisis-ridden Kingfisher has for the first time acknowledged that it is in a make-or-break ... Read More
Dubai’s Emirates Airline ready to invest in India
editor- March 23, 2012 08:27Emirates Airline's chairman Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoumis announced that the carrier is open to investments in India. Read More
Aviation regulators mull pulling Kingfisher’s license
editor- March 20, 2012 10:33NEW DELHI, India - Ailing Kingfisher Airlines today faced the prospects of its flying licence being cancelled and its boss Vijay Mallya has been asked by DGCA to present a ... Read More
Kingfisher axes overseas flights
editor- March 15, 2012 05:57Hoping to improve its finances, cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines (KFA) has slashed wide-bodied aircraft operations on international sectors that are making heavy losses. Read More
Kingfisher: better spotted on trees, than being flown on
editor- March 7, 2012 09:43(eTN) - In less than a month, we are entering the customary two-month long school holiday season in India. Yet there is no end to the troubles facing cash-strapped Kingfisher ... Read More
Mallya: Shutting Kingfisher down not an option
editor- February 21, 2012 05:06NEW DELHI, India - Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines' promoter Vijay Mallya said tonight that he will not shut down the private carrier which struggled to stay afloat after further large-scale flight ... Read More
Malev, Kingfisher: troubled times for Oneworld
Juergen T Steinmetz- February 3, 2012 18:42BUDAPEST/GENEVA (eTN) - Global air alliance, Oneworld, is entering turbulent times, as two of its members are in dire straits. Read More
Survey: Troubled Kingfisher remains India’s favorite airline
editor- December 3, 2011 05:46MUMBAI, India - In spite of the mounting troubles and the recent flight cancellations, Kingfisher continues to remain the favourite airline in the country, an honour which it shares with ... Read More
Kingfisher will hock property to stay airborne
editor- November 14, 2011 05:43MUMBAI, India - The board of Kingfisher Airlines will on Monday consider a proposal to cut debt by more than half by selling property, converting loans from its parent company ... Read More
Minister: Government bailout for Kingfisher “not possible”
editor- November 12, 2011 04:52NEW DELHI, India - Cash-strapped Kingfisher airlines that has been in the news for numerous flight cancellations in the past few days, has now approached the government for help. Read More
Airlines shift adds to chaos at the Indira Gandhi International airport
editor- November 15, 2010 03:21The shifting of Kingfisher and Jet Airways to Terminal 3 on Sunday added to the chaos at the Indira Gandhi International airport. Read More
Aviation news: British Airways teams up with Kingfisher
editor- September 7, 2010 05:23MUMBAI -- British Airways PLC said it has entered into a codesharing agreement with Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., under which both carriers will use each other's flight network as part of ... Read More
Oneworld abandons the idea of courting Chinese carriers
Juergen T Steinmetz- June 11, 2010 18:18(eTN) BERLIN - Rebuffed by the choice of China Eastern Airlines to finally choose SkyTeam over oneworld, alliance’s CEO John McCulloch puts a temporary stop at the alliance’s search for ... Read More
Kingfisher Airlines invited to join oneworld
editor- June 8, 2010 09:19BERLIN - Kingfisher Airlines today became a member elect of oneworld(R) after completing a formal membership agreement with the alliance - moving India's leading airline a landmark step towards flying Read More
Kingfisher Airlines revamps King Club
editor- January 11, 2010 03:46Mumbai - Kingfisher Airlines today revamped its frequent flyer programme King Club and launched its new tier of membership, King Platinum. Read More
Kingfisher Airlines to cut fares in new year
editor- December 29, 2008 03:26The country's leading private air-carrier, Kingfisher Airlines, has said that it would effect fare cut across its network from January 1. Read More
Delay in delivery for Kingfisher A380s: airline
editor- November 26, 2008 04:26MUMBAI — The delivery of five Airbus A380 "superjumbos" to India's Kingfisher Airlines has been delayed, a spokesman for the carrier said Tuesday. Read More
Indian airline defaults on payments to GE
editor- November 6, 2008 04:00The king of good times has flown into fresh turbulence. Read More
Indian airline rivals eye tie-up
editor- October 14, 2008 02:51India’s largest private airline, Jet Airways, and its fiercest rival, Kingfisher, are in talks over a potential cost-cutting operational tie-up, as Indian carriers struggle to survive the squeeze of Read More
Consumer court pulls up Kingfisher airline
editor- August 20, 2008 04:42New Delhi: The national consumer redressal body has pulled up Kingfisher Airlines for adopting an unfair trade practice by misinforming passengers about the airline they were flying by. Read More
