Kingfisher to bring in 5 super jumbos

New Delhi: India will soon have the first super jumbo Airbus A 380, with the government giving Vijay Mallya’s Kingfisher Airlines to import five of the world’s largest passenger aircraft into India.
In addition, Kingfisher has also been given permission to import 15 wide bodied aircraft and a business jet.
According to civil aviation ministry officials, the approval to import A 380 aircraft come with certain conditions including, Kingfisher finding parking and landing slots in Indian airports.
This makes Kingfisher the first airline in the country to have permission to buy the super jumbo aircraft, which has not yet gone into commercial services.
Mallya’s airline will also become the first carrier in the country to own and fly an Airbus A 380.
Interestingly, airports in India are not equipped to handle this aeroplane.
14/07/06 Bipin Chandran/Business Standard

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