Kingfisher Airlines gets four Airbus planes

Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines has taken the delivery of four Airbus A-321s in the past three weeks out of the 43 aircraft that it is buying from the European plane manufacturer.

The first of these single-aisle aircraft was delivered in Hamburg, Germany, late last month, making Kingfisher the first customer for A-321s in India, the Airbus Industrie said. Public sector carrier Indian has also ordered the same aircraft as part of its fleet expansion plan. "Kingfisher is the first airline to introduce the A-321 aircraft in India. Given our growth and market share that we have achieved, I look forward to doing more business with Airbus," Mallya said. Kingfisher already flies ten Airbus A-320s and three A-319s on domestic routes and would receive 30 more of these single-aisle planes from Airbus in near future. Earlier, the Indian carrier had placed firm orders for five of the world's largest aircraft, A-380, five A-330s and five A-350s, which would take its total fleet strength in coming years to more than 60 planes.

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