Kingfisher going in for the kill

Desi Fun(da) ... and more.

As you all must know by now Kingfisher Airlines is my carrier of choice in the hot Indian aviation market. I love the fact that they have brand new aircraft, which gives me an added sense of safety, the fact that they have the IA engineering servicing these aircraft, who are the largest and best set of aircraft engineers around, and I love their service with a smile approach aswell.

From all the recent news we have been seeing/hearing it seems that Mr.Mallya is on a buying spree of Airbus aircraft for his airline. A320's, A319's and even A380's and now its heard he has gone for the A340-500 as well. I still wonder what the hell he is going to do with so many planes considering that he cannot fly overseas until around 2010, with the 5 year minimum prerequisite put in by government of India for a carrier to be eligible to fly abroad? But with the huge backlog of orders that Airbus has it will be able to deliver most of the long range aircraft only by around 2008-2010. Which is perfect timing for Mr.Mallya. He will be sitting pretty with his fleet as and when the government removes the stupid rule or when he qualifies for it in 2010, whichever comes first. By then the airline will have enough experience within the country and will be damn prepared to meet international standards which I have to say are not met by any Indian airline post the TATA-AI era. It will be great to wait and watch how things pan out in this region especially since the air is getting a crowded place to be right now in India.

Now all that needs to be seen is whether or not all these wonderful things about Kingfisher Airlines is actually raking in the moolah or not. We will be able to judge that once they become a listed company. Their IPO is scheduled to be out soon.