Finnair extends India coverage through Kingfisher
29 Aug 2011
New Delhi: Finnair has added seven more destinations in India to its network in partnership with domestic carrier Kingfisher Airlines. The Nordic carrier is hoping to further expand its coverage once Kingfisher becomes a member of the global airlines network, Oneworld.
Kingfisher is expected to assume full membership of the 12 airlines alliance sometime next year.
"We offer morning connections to Finnair's vast European network of around 60 cities via Delhi and Helsinki which extends to Kingfisher passengers from Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai, Jaipur and Ahmedabad," said Kari Stolbow, Finnair's India director.
"Our partnership also allows Kingfisher passengers to earn and redeem miles on travels on the Finnair network across the globe. We have already deployed the most modern fleet to India -- the average age is no more than one year," Stolbow said.
"While Asia has really driven our business, we have particularly seen very good growth in every segment in India. Now we are happy we are for the fact many new passengers from other cities are also using our connection services with Kingfisher," he said.
"The numbers of such passengers is growing several hundred per cent."
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