Kingfisher Airlines is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It operates more than 400 flights a day and has a network of 77 destinations, with regional and long-haul international services.
Its main bases are Bengaluru International Airport, Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Rajiv Gandhi International Airport and Indira Gandhi International Airport. Kingfisher Airlines, through one of its holding companies United Breweries Group, has 50% stake in low-cost carrier Kingfisher Red, formerly known as Air Deccan.
Kingfisher is one of six airlines in the world to have a five-star rating from Skytrax, along with Asiana Airlines, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways, Singapore Airlines and Cathay Pacific Airways. According to a survey held in September 2008, Kingfisher was the most admired airline brand in the Asia-Pacific region.
In February 2009, Kingfisher Airlines had 904,000 passengers, giving it the highest market share in India. Kingfisher chairman Vijay Mallya and his Jet Airways counterpart Naresh Goyal announced the alliance after a meeting on 13 October 2008 in Mumbai.
The alliance will include code-sharing on both domestic and international flights, joint fuel management to reduce expenses, common ground handling, joint utilisation of crew and sharing of similar frequent flier programmes.
On 12 January 2009, Kingfisher Airlines announced its alliance with Hilton HHonors the guest rewards program for the more than 3,000 Hilton Hotels of Hilton Hotels Corporation worldwide. The new alliance allows members of the King Club, frequent flyer programme of Kingfisher Airlines, to earn both King Miles and Hilton HHonors points when they stay at Hilton Hotels.
