Indian Aviation Industry
Aviation is the design, development, production, operation, and use of aircraft, especially heavier-than-air aircraft. Aviation is derived from avi, the Latin word for bird.
Aviation industry can be segmented into two i.e. Civil Aviation, Military Aviation
Civil aviation is one of two major categories of flying, representing all non-military aviation, both private and commercial. Civil aviation includes two major categories: Scheduled air transport, including all passenger and cargo flights operating on regularly-scheduled routes and
Non-scheduled air transport service: It is an air transport service other than the scheduled one and may be on charter basis and/or non-scheduled basis. The
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KINGFISHER AIRLINES
Vijay Mallya is the CEO of KINGFISHER AIRLINES
Kingfisher Airlines was established in 2003. It is owned by the Bangalore based United Breweries Group.
Kingfisher Airlines launched its domestic air service operations in May 2005.KFA was promoted by UB group and offered a single class- “Kingfisher Class”.
It started its international operations on 3 September 2008 by connecting Bangalore with London.
Its head office is Kingfisher House in Vile Parle (East), Mumbai.
Kingfisher Airlines is one of the seven airlines to be ranked as a 5-star airline by the independent research consultancy firm Skytrax
Kingfisher operates more than 375 daily flights to 71 destinations, with regional and long-haul international services
Vision Statement: “The Kingfisher Airlines family will consistently deliver a safe, value-based and enjoyable travel experience to all our guests.”
VALUES
Safety: This is our overriding value. In our line of business, there is no compromise.
Service: We are all in the hospitality business; we must always seek to serve our guests and gain their trust, goodwill and loyalty.
Happiness: We seek to build an organization with people who choose to be happy, and will Endeavour to influence our guests and co-workers to be happy too.
Teamwork: We will succeed or fail as a team. Each one of
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having come a long way from its storied Alaskan bush plane roots. Today, Alaska Airlines is the
Established in 2005, until December 2011, Kingfisher Airlines had the second largest share in India's domestic air travel market. However, the airline had been facing financial issues for many years, and due to a severe financial crisis faced by the airline at the beginning of 2012, this share dropped to the lowest in the market in April 2012.
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In september 2007, kingfisher took over the low-cost airline and renamed it as kingfisher red. Due to this merger, there was cannibalization of the kingfisher airlines. As kingfisher lite was a low budget airline, the customers found the rates of that airline to travel better than its main airlines. Even though after the merger, the company occupied the largest indian airline with 27.5% market share and 30% increase in domestic travel they didn't manage to make any profits. The company focused only on the expansion and not the after effects of
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Secondly, Nok Air would like to offer the freedom for everyone to have flying as an option, as a means of transport. In order to achieve this, they try to understand consumer behavior, and how the airline can make flying as easy and convenient for them as possible.