Kingfisher Airlines Limited
This airline started in 2005 and it is now the largest airline company in India with more than 400 flights each day going to 72 different destinations. It also serves airports in several international cities. It based its future on the premise that passengers were looking for increased service. For example, it was one of the first airplines in the world that offered its passengers live television through DishTV. Through one of its numerous holding companies, it also owns Kingfisher Red, an airline that offers low fares to passengers headed for numerous cities in India. Kingfisher Airlines is one of only five that has received a five-star rating from the international service, Skytrax.
Kingfisher Airlines Limited
Kingfisher House
Western Express Highway
Vile Parle (E)
Mumbai 400099
India
Jet Airways
This company was founded in 1992 as an air taxi operator and it became a commerical airline company a year later. Its international headquarters are in Mumbai, India. It is now the third largest airline in India, and it has more than 400 flights each day serving over 65 airports around the world. As of 2007, it had over 10,000 employees and it is listed on the Bombay Stock Exchange. Jet Airways also operates two lower-cost airlines, the former Air Sahara which is now JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect. In 2009, it surpassed Air India to become the second largest airline in India.
Jet Airways (India) Ltd.
S.M.Center, Andheri - Kurla Road, Andheri (East),
Mumbai, Maharashtra 400059
+91 22 4019 1000
Air India Limited
This airline was founded by J. R. D. Tata in 1932 but is now owned by the Indian government which acquired it following the breakaway of India from Great Britain in 1948. Its bases of operation are at the international airports in Mumbai and in Delhi. It became an international carrier in 1948 when it first made the trip to London by way of Cairo and it now serves airports in 29 cities worldwide. With Jet Airways and Kingfisher, it controls about 70 percent of the travel of the citizens of India with the balance spread among the remaining carriers.
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