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Indian Kingfisher joins oneworld alliance

On 02.23.10, In Finnair, oneworld, by admin

Kingfisher, the leading airline on India’s internal routes, has announced that it is joining the oneworld alliance. Finnair flies daily to Delhi, from where Kingfisher has excellent onward connections.

“Kingfisher’s joining oneworld means for Finnair a very extensive destination network within India. Kingfisher is one of the world’s few five-star quality airlines and it complements Finnair service network in India very well,” says Finnair Vice President Paavo Virkkunen, who is responsible for oneworld
relations.

Including Kingfisher, oneworld has a total of approximately 800 destinations in 150 countries, to which the alliance flies with around 2,350 aircraft. Kingfisher has around 400 daily departures and oneworld around 9,000. Kingfisher brings to oneworld 58 new Indian destinations.

The starting date of membership will be announced when India’s aviation authorities have approved Kingfisher’s application. It generally takes around 18 months to compete the membership formalities, so Kingfisher is expected to become a full member of oneworld during 2011.

oneworld airlines carry more than 340 million passengers per year. The oneworld alliance members are currently American Airlines, British Airways, Cathay Pacific, Finnair, Iberia, Japan Airlines, Kingfisher, LAN, Malév Hungarian Airlines, Mexicana, Qantas and Royal Jordanian as well as around 20 subsidiaries. S7 Airlines will join the alliance during 2010 Airlines.

Finnair Plc
Communications
23.2.2010

Further information: Paavo Virkkunen, Finnair’s Vice President responsible for
oneworld relations, tel. +358 9 818 8580.