Kingfisher Airlines is an airline group based in India.

Its
registered office is the UB Tower in Bangalore and its head
office is Kingfisher House in Vile Parle (East), Mumbai.[3][4]
Kingfisher Airlines, through its parent company United
Breweries Group, has a 50% stake in low-cost carrier
Kingfisher Red.
Kingfisher Airlines is one of six airlines in the world to
have a 5-star rating from Skytrax, along with Asiana
Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Malaysia Airlines, Qatar Airways
and Singapore Airlines.[5][6] Kingfisher operates more than
375 daily flights to 71 destinations, with regional and long-
haul international services.[1] In May 2009, Kingfisher
Airlines carried more than a million passengers, giving it the
highest market share among airlines in India.[7]
Kingfisher Airlines is also the sponsor of F1 racing outfit,
Force India, in which Vijay Mallya also owns.
History

Kingfisher Airlines registered office at the UB Group

Towers in Bangalore
Kingfisher Airlines was established in 2003. It is owned by
the Bangalore based United Breweries Group. The airline
started commercial operations in 9 May 2005 with a fleet of
four new Airbus A320-200s operating a flight from Mumbai
to Delhi[8]. It started its international operations on 3
September 2008 by connecting Bangalore with London. It
rose to fame in June 2005 when it became the first and only
Indian airline share and number of passengers carried.
kingfisher airlines is own by Vijay Maliya.

Kingfisher Airlines Limited

Type Public (BSE: KFA)
Industry Transportation
Founded 2003
Headquarters Mumbai, Maharashtra
Area served Asia, Europe
 Vijay Mallya, Chairman & CEO
 A. Raghunathan, CFO (Finance)
 Sourav Sinha, CIO (Information
Technology)
 Hitesh Patel, EVP
(Operations & Engineering)
 Rajesh Verma, EVP (In-Flight &
Services)
Key people  Manoj Chacko, EVP (Commercial)
 Amit Agarwal, SVP (Corporate
Development & Planning)
 Ruby Arya, VP
(Human Resources)
 Ravikant Sabnavis, VP (Marketing)
 Gaurav Rathore, AVP (Quality &
Guest Commitment)
 Maj. Leslie Missal, AVP (Security)
  Airlines & Aviation
 Airline Catering & Foodservice
Services  Ground Handling Services
 Services

Revenue $1.16 billion USD (2008-09)

Employees 7,590 (2009)
Subsidiaries  Kingfisher Xpress

Website FlyKingfisher.com

On 7 June 2010 Kingfisher became a member elect of the

Oneworld airline alliance when it signed a formal
membership agreement. A firm date to join the alliance will
be announced once the implementation process is underway,
it possibly may take 18 to 24 months.[9][10].

Statistics
Kingfisher Airlines Statistics[11]
Passengers % Change Average Load
Year Ended
Carried factor (%)
 April 2007 -
12,414,336 - 61%
March 2008
April 2008 -
10,850,359 ▼12.6% 60%
March 2009
April 2009 -
2,851,360 - 69%
June 2009

Destinations
Main article: Kingfisher Airlines destinations

Kingfisher Airlines serves 63 domestic destinations and 8

international destinations in 8 countries across Asia and
Europe. Kingfisher's short haul routes are mostly domestic
apart from some cities in South Asia, Southeast Asia and
Western Asia. All short haul routes are operated on the
Airbus A320 family aircraft. ATR 42s and ATR 72s are
used mainly on domestic regional routes. Kingfisher has its
medium, long-haul destinations in East Asia, Southeast
Asia, and Europe. Its first long haul destination was
London, United Kingdom which was launched in September
2008. It has plans to launch new long haul flights to cities in
Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and Oceania with
deliveries of new aircraft. All long haul routes are operated
on the Airbus A330-200.

Codeshare

Kingfisher has codeshare agreements with the following

airlines:
 British Airways[12]

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VISION:-

Our ambition is to be the world’s leading local home

improvement retailer
By leveraging our international buying scale and geographic
reach we can offer our customers the best products, services
and stores in their local market.
Increasingly we are harnessing our international group
strengths to create competitive advantage in local markets,
drive higher cash returns and deliver more value for our
shareholders.
Along the way we are minimising our environmental impact
whilst also helping our customers do the same.
HISTORY:-

Kingfisher today is Europe’s leading home improvement

retailer and third largest in the world
Since the 1980s Kingfisher has been transformed from a UK
based multi-retail sector conglomerate into an international
retailer concentrated on the highly attractive home
improvement sector. In 2008 a new management team and
structure was introduced to better leverage our key
international strengths including sourcing and innovation.
 Our history
Kingfisher history

 
Today Kingfisher is the leading home improvement retailer
group in Europe and Asia.
 

 Share this
1980s
Kingfisher’s roots go back to 1982 with the acquisition of
FW Woolworth by Paternoster. With the deal came a
relatively small chain of home improvement stores called
B&Q. It was the start of a decade of major expansion which
created one of Europe’s biggest and broadest retail
conglomerates. The company bought the Comet electricals
chain in 1984 and the Superdrug health and beauty stores in
1987. Meanwhile B&Q expanded its out of town presence
to become the leading home improvement retailer in the
UK.
1990s
In the 1990s Kingfisher continued to expand its broad mix
of retail businesses. B&Q expanded rapidly with the
opening of larger Warehouse style stores from 1994 and the
decade also saw the start of the group’s international
expansion in the home improvement sector. In 1998 B&Q
merged with Castorama, France’s leading home
improvement retailer and owner of the smaller, but fast-
growing Brico Dépôt chain. In 1999 the first B&Q store
opened in China.
Other acquisitions in that decade saw Kingfisher buy Darty,
the French electricals chain in 1993, and Screwfix, the e-
commerce and catalogue seller of screws and fixings, in
1999.
2000s
By the turn of the millennium Kingfisher took the decision
to focus exclusively on its home improvement businesses,
which were seen as having greater growth potential and
more scope for international expansion. To this end,
Woolworths was demerged in 2001 and Superdrug was sold
in the same year. In 2002 the remaining stake in Castorama
was acquired to create the leading home improvement
retailer in Europe.
During this decade Kingfisher continued its international
expansion in Europe and Asia, with the creation of new
businesses in Turkey, Russia and Spain, and the
development of its core businesses in the UK and France, as
well as Poland. By the end of the decade Kingfisher had 830
stores in eight markets in Europe and Asia. With over
80,000 staff and five million square metres of selling space
the business was generating sales of more than £10 billion.
Kingfisher is Europe’s leading home improvement retailer
and the third largest in the world
With around 840 stores in eight countries in Europe and
Asia, we serve 6 million customers a week ranging from the
everyday DIYer to trade professionals.
 Our business