King Club, India's most rewarding frequent flyer program of Kingfisher Airlines, the only Five Star Airline in India, today announced a tie-up with Marriott International, a leading lodging company to provide its members luxurious stay options across the world. King Club members will now earn King Miles for their stay at any of the 3,400 Marriott International properties worldwide.

Common members can convert their Marriott Reward Points into King Miles for redemption against free flights, upgrades on Kingfisher First, lounge vouchers, redemption against exclusive products on Air Boutique ONLINE. Over and above, King Club members can also enjoy a host of other privileges such as no blackout dates i.e. King Club members can book their stay at any 

Marriott International property all year round. King Club members can also earn 2 King Miles per 1 USD spent by booking their stay at various Marriott properties such as The Ritz-Carlton, Renaissance Hotels, Marriott Hotels & Resorts and JW Marriott among others while earning 1 King Mile per 1 USD spent for stay at Courtyard, Fairfield Inn & Suites, Springhill Suites and Residence Inn by Marriott and many more.In order to avail the benefits of this tie-up, King Club members need to enroll themselves in the Marriott Rewards Program. Existing members can log on to their existing account and select King Miles as their preferred reward points.

Commenting on this partnership, Ms. Anshu Sarin, Vice President – Guest Loyalty and Kingfisher Holidays, Kingfisher Airlines Limited said, "The tie-up between Kingfisher Airlines and Marriott International is specially designed to benefit our guests globally as Marriott International is one of the leading names in the hospitality sector worldwide. With this association, we at King Club look forward to strengthening our relationship with our members and adding value to their journey by offering them rewards for booking their stay at Marriott International."

To celebrate the tie-up, King Club and Marriott Rewards announced a Quadruple Promotion scheme, whereby members will earn 4 times the King Miles on their stay from June- September 2011 at any of the Marriott International properties. Further details are available onwww.kingclub.me."India is one of our fastest growing regions. In just the past year, Marriott Rewards membership in the country has grown by more than 30 percent. We want to be able to provide our members with choice of their preferred travel companies to earn and redeem miles. We are thrilled to add Kingfisher Airlines as a partner. 

We are always looking for ways to make travel easier for our members around the globe," said Ed French, senior vice president, Marriott Rewards.Kingfisher Airlines caters to all segments of the air travel ranging from low-fare service - Kingfisher Red, to the premium economy service - Kingfisher Class, to the luxurious Kingfisher First. As India's leading airline, Kingfisher Airlines offers the maximum number of flights offered by any single airline network in India. Kingfisher Airlines flies to 58 cities in India and 8 international destinations and has over 330 daily departures with a fleet of 66 aircraft.

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Kingfisher Airlines, India's only Five star airline rated by Skytrax, today announced the launch of nine new flights on its domestic network. Kingfisher Airlines becomes the only airline in India to offer flight services between Mumbai-Kolhapur, New Delhi-Pantnagar, and Jabalpur- Indore. In addition, Kingfisher Airlines has also introduced direct flights between Mumbai and Thiruvanthapuram. The new flights will offer the Kingfisher Red service, and bookings for all flights are now open. The Kingfisher Red service features Sky Treats — an exclusive gourmet cuisine service at affordable prices, reading material, frequent flier privileges and multiple check-in options.

Commenting on the launch of these new routes, Mr. Manoj Chacko, Executive Vice President, Commercial, Kingfisher Airlines Limited said, "Kingfisher Airlines is always looking for opportunities to improve connectivity. The launch of these nine new flights will further strengthen our presence in the country as the airline with the largest domestic route network."

With the launch of these flights, Kingfisher Airlines aims at enhancing the travel experience for guests can who can now avail of easy onward connectivity to other cities in the Kingfisher Airlines network via Mumbai and New Delhi.

Flight No	Origin	Destination	Departs	Arrives	Frequency
IT 4113	Mumbai	Kolhapur	10:00am	11:05am	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
IT 4114	Kolhapur	Mumbai	11:35am	12:45pm	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
IT 4363	New Delhi	Pantnagar	1:05pm	2:05pm	Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun
IT 4364	Pantnagar	New Delhi	2:35pm	3:40pm	Tue, Thu, Sat, Sun
IT 3137	Mumbai	Trivandrum	12:15pm	2:15pm	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
IT 3138	Trivandrum	Mumbai	2:45pm	4:45pm	Mon, Wed, Fri, Sun
IT 3147	Mumbai	Jabalpur	4:15pm	5:30pm	Daily
IT 3147	Jabalpur	Indore	6:00pm	7:00pm	Daily
IT 3147	Indore	Mumbai	7:55pm	9:10pm	Daily

Kingfisher Airlines caters to all segments of air travel ranging from the low fare service - Kingfisher Red, to the premium economy service - Kingfisher Class, to the luxurious Kingfisher First. As India's market leading airline, Kingfisher Airlines offer the maximum number of flights offered by any single airline network in India. Kingfisher Airlines today operates 330 daily flights to 60 cities in India and 8 international destinations with a fleet of 66 aircraft.

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In a workshop organized by the Aeronautical Society of India on "Aviation Environment - Community Noise and Solutions", Eurocopter introduced its two noise-oriented innovations, "Blue Pulse Controls" and "Blue Edge Blades", from its Bluecopter® Technology programme which was developed to provide advanced technological solutions to lower acoustics and emissions for the protection of the environment.

In its participation in the workshop organized by the Aeronautical Society of India at the Hyatt Hotel in New Delhi today, Eurocopter India brought in its specialist, Francois Toulmay, to introduce Eurocopter's noise reduction systems from its Bluecopter® Technology programme. From Eurocopter's Research & Technology department, Francois is also part of the team working on the Green Rotorcraft platform in the EC Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative.

The Bluecopter® Technology programme was introduced by Eurocopter, as a commitment to "continuously improve our processes to further reduce the impact of both our Group and our products and services on the environment", as highlighted by Eurocopter President & CEO Lutz Bertling.

With reduction of community noise as the focus, Francois Toulmay introduced two noise-oriented innovations from Bluecopter® -Blue pulse controls and Blue edge blades.

Blue pulse controls - This active control system has the primary objective of reducing the system-inherent noise level generated by the interference of the rotor blade tip vortices from one rotor blade with the following blades. At the same time, the vibrations will also be reduced significantly in order to increase comfort of passengers and service life of sensitive components.

Blue edge blades - This programme aims to reduce the noise generated by the blade-vortex interaction, which is generated at the tip of the blade of any helicopter. The double arrow shape of the Blue Edge blade allows more time for the blade to interact with the vortex and thus dephases acoustic sources. Consequently, the resulting noise level is greatly reduced, and the impulsive character of the acoustic signal fades as well.

Such environmentally friendly technologies will be installed progressively on the Eurocopter product range as they mature.

Eurocopter is a funding member of the Clean Sky Joint Technology Initiative, a wide scale European research effort - supported by the European Union and the major aeronautical industry groups - to propose technological solutions for meeting the environmental goals set by the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research in Europe (ACARE). Eurocopter hosts a Bluecopter® dedicated websitewww.bluecopter.com which provides details of the programme.

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Europe's fastest growing airline company and a Star Alliance Member, Turkish Airlines has launched a Joint Promotional Campaign with PVR Cinemas, India's largest chain of multiplex cinema. The campaign aims at building a strong brand identity for Turkish Airlines as a robust and leading air service provider touching multiple destinations in most countries.

Turkish Airlines is running an interesting engagement program with PVR Cinemas whereby customers on the purchase of minimum 4 movie tickets in one transaction become eligible for participation in the Monthly Lucky Draw to win themselves couple tickets to the destination being promoted by the airlines. As part of the contest, the customers would be handed over a boarding pass with all the details pertaining to the contest mentioned on it. The perforated portion on the pass is to be filled by the movie patrons and dropped in a box stationed near the Foyer area.

Commenting on the announcement Mr. Adnan Aykac, GM - Northern & Eastern India, Turkish Airlines said, "We are happy to associate with one of the largest cinema chains in India. PVR Cinemas is a top-performing exhibitor with a very strong brand, and we believe our association with them will raise the visibility of our own brand with potential customers. India is an aggressively growing market and this new campaign will help Turkish Airlines strengthen its foothold in the industry. This association is one of the many initiatives taken by us to create awareness and broaden our reach in the country."

Speaking on the tie up,Mr. Gautam Dutta, COO, Cine Media - PVR Cinemas said, "We are extremely pleased to be associated with Turkish Airlines for such an exciting initiative. We at PVR Cinemas always strive to bring something extra and innovative for our discerning patrons. With this association our customers stand a chance to win an all expense trip to exotic destinations like Italy, Spain, UK, Germany, Turkey and more. This is a seven months promotion and we are hopeful that it will receive an enthusiastic response from all."

The in-cinema Turkish Airlines brand experience will also include on-screen trivia slides, commercial screening across all the Audis and posters at the box-office of the selected cinemas. In addition to this, a Turkish Airlines Arena would be prepared at the Foyer Area for charting out all the details of the contest along with key facts about the airlines and to collect the lucky draw entries.

The activity is spread across seven PVR outlets in the country, namely PVR Priya and PVR Select City Walk in Delhi, PVR MGF and PVR Ambience Mall in Gurgaon and PVR Juhu, Mulund and Phoenix in Mumbai.

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Bombardier Aerospace announced today that Korean Air, South Korea's flagship airline, has signed an agreement to acquire 10 Bombardier CS300 aircraft with an additional 10 options and 10 purchase rights on CS300 airliners. The parties signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) after several months of detailed negotiations.

"This is our first CSeries aircraft customer in Asia and signals the aircraft program's entry into the fast growing Asia-Pacific market," said Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft. "Korean Air is one of the world's most prestigious airlines, and we are extremely proud that it has selected the CSeries aircraft to meet its route expansion requirements."

"Our list of customers continues to grow and now covers the Asian, European and North American markets, a testament to the high value and operating flexibility of the CSeries aircraft program," added Mr. Scott.

Bombardier and Korean Air made the announcement today at the Paris Air Show during a gathering at its CSeries pavilion hosted by Gary R. Scott, President, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft, alongside Walter Cho, Senior Vice President, Korean Air and in the presence of the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry Canada.

"The Government of Canada congratulates Bombardier Aerospace on the four CSeries aircraft sales announcements made this month," said Minister Paradis. "Canadian firms' ingenuity has been a driving force in our country's emergence from the global recession. Private sector innovation, such as the CSeries aircraft, is the key to moving our economy forward."

Korean Air currently operates a fleet of 136 passenger and cargo jet aircraft to 112 cities in 39 countries.

Designed for the growing 100- to 149-seat market, the CSeries family of aircraft combines advanced materials, leading-edge technology and proven methods to meet commercial airline requirements in 2013 and beyond. The CS300 aircraft will enter into service in 2014.

Powered by Pratt & Whitney PW1521G engines, the CSeries aircraft family will offer a 15(i) per cent cash operating cost advantage and a 20(i) per cent fuel burn advantage; greatly reduced noise and emissions; as well as superior operational flexibility, exceptional airfield performance and a range of 2,950 nm (5,463 km). It will also provide passengers with three-plus-two, widebody-style seating in a single-aisle aircraft.

In addition to the LOI for up to 30 CSeries aircraft announced today, Bombardier has booked firm orders for a total of 113 CSeries aircraft, including 51 CS100 and 62 CS300 aircraft. Customers that have firm orders for CSeries aircraft include Republic Airways (40 CS300 aircraft), Deutsche Lufthansa AG (30 CS100 aircraft), Lease Corporation International Group (17 CS300 and three CS100 aircraft), Braathens Aviation (five CS100 and five CS300 aircraft), a well-established, unidentified airline (three CS100 aircraft) and a major network carrier (10 CS100 aircraft). The CSeries aircraft program has also booked options for 109 aircraft.

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 Bombardier Aerospace today announced that VistaJet of Switzerland has placed a firm order for 10 Global 8000 aircraft. The total value of the order is approximately $650 million US, based on the 2011 list price for typically equipped aircraft.

"It was eight years ago, also at the Paris Air Show, that our two companies began this journey, and only six years ago at Paris that VistaJet placed its first Global aircraft order," said Steve Ridolfi, President, Bombardier Business Aircraft. "It's a true testament to our products and people that VistaJet, an industry leader in luxury aviation, continues its global expansion with an all-Bombardier fleet. Like Bombardier, VistaJet is a leader in developing new markets, where our aircraft are ideally suited to meet the demanding needs of customers. There is an increasingly strong demand for large cabin business jets that can connect virtually any city pair worldwide non-stop, and the Global 8000 jet is the only contender to meet this requirement."

VistaJet, a privately owned company offering revolutionary business aviation solutions through its one-of-a-kind Flight Solutions Program, exclusively purchases and operates Bombardier business aircraft. Just one month ago, Bombardier confirmed that VistaJet ordered two Challenger 605 and six Global 6000 jets in late January 2011. This latest Global aircraft order raises VistaJet's order backlog value to approximately $2 billion US.

"This aircraft order confirms our development strategy is on track as we rapidly establish ourselves in the world's fastest growing markets," said Thomas Flohr, Founder and Chairman, VistaJet. "VistaJet has successfully expanded far beyond Europe's borders, and we now have major customers in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) who require longer-haul aircraft with state-of-the-art cabins. The Global 8000 business jets are ideal to meet the needs of our passengers in these regions. As we grow our global network, our customers can be ensured a consistent experience with the best aircraft, cabins and service worldwide."

Global 8000 aircraft: Flying farther than any other business jet(i), the Global 8000 aircraft will feature a superior three-zone 2,236-cu.ft. (63.32-cu.m.) cabin and an impressive range of 7,900 nm (14,631 km) at M 0.85(i). It will connect Sydney-Los Angeles, Hong Kong-New York and Mumbai-New York non-stop with eight passengers(i). The Global 8000 jet will reach a high-speed cruise of M 0.90(i). Entry-into-service is currently scheduled for 2017.

Unmatched performance

Bombardier's new Global aircraft will feature an all-new high-speed transonic wing, designed to significantly optimize aerodynamic efficiency, combined with next-generation GE Passport 16,500 lb- thrust-engines to deliver significant efficiency and emissions advantages, including reduced NOx emissions - 50 per cent below the International Civil Aviation Organization's upcoming Civil Aircraft Emissions Protocol (CAEP-6) regulations - and offering approximately 14 percent overall fuel efficiency when compared to current in-production ultra long-range category jets. Featuring a high-speed cruise of M 0.90(i), these aircraft are designed to outperform all others, connecting more key city pairs non-stop worldwide through a combination of outstanding range, fuel efficiency and balanced field length.

Ultimate comfort and flexibility

Cabin features include: maximum natural light through new enlarged windows that provide approximately 80 per cent more surface per window than on current Global aircraft; a generous baggage suite that is accessible during flight; a crew rest area equipped with berthable seating; a spacious galley with optimized meal preparation and storage possibilities; an innovative approach to cabin zones, giving customers more flexibility and choice when defining their floorplan; and innovative design options that bring the comforts of home to the aircraft environment.

Innovative technology and design

The new Global 8000 jet will also feature the most up-to-date version of the Global Vision flight deck and the advanced connectivity capability of a leading-edge cabin management system to ensure the highest levels of convenience, comfort and control ever presented in a business jet.

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GoAir, the 'fly smart' low-fare domestic airline today announced that it has placed an order for additional 72 aircraft worth Rs 32,400 crore or US$ 7.2 billion.

GoAir's total order with Airbus is now 92 aircraft worth Rs 43,200 crore or US$ 9.6 billion. The airline previously placed an order of 20 Airbus A320s.

Go Air currently operates 10 aircraft with an average age of 2 years which makes it the youngest fleet in India.

The company will take delivery of its additional aircraft from its previous order over the next 24 months.

Announcing the strategic initiative at a press conference, Mr. Jeh Wadia, Managing Director, GoAir said: "As part of our Vision 2020, we have placed an order for additional 72 A320 NEO aircraft with Airbus. These aircraft will give us a further competitive advantage of up to 15% on efficiency, primarily gained from a much improved fuel burn."

Mr. Wadia also said that: "We are very committed to reduce Carbon emissions through comprehensive programs of reinvestment in equipment and technological innovation and partnerships. In line with this commitment this order with Airbus will ensure we continuously reduce greenhouse gas (GHG). Some of the other initiatives we have taken on in the past is to minimize our ground speeds and wash our engines frequently which increase the engine efficiency apart from saving fuel."

The placement of an additional 72 aircraft is a game-changer for GoAir and the Indian aviation sector. "In terms of aircraft, we see tremendous potential in India which has barely six airlines with 350 aircraft catering to a billion people, compared to China's present 1100 aircraft. Incidentally, with all the present orders placed by Indian carriers we would only reach 1100 aircraft by 2020. One domestic airline in America, SouthWest, already has close to 700 aircraft. In terms of seats flown, one airline in Europe, Ryan Air sold approx. 65 million seats last year while the whole of Indian aviation sold just 54 million seats*. With India's GDP growing at a brisk 8-9% per annum, we see a great future ahead for the aviation sector, including GoAir. Our strategy is to fly those who currently don't fly," Mr. Wadia added.

GoAir today also announced the appointment of Mr. Giorgio De Roni as its Chief Executive Officer. Commenting on the new appointment, Mr. Wadia said: "On behalf of the Board members of GoAir, I welcome Mr. Giorgio De Roni to the GoAir family. Giorgio brings deep and rich experience spanning 25 years in the aviation industry. In his last job, he was instrumental in increasing passenger traffic from 1 to 8 million, increasing market share from 6% to over 30% and thereby delivering substantial profits to the US$1 billion Italian private airline Air One. We feel he is the right person to further build and weave together a world class management team to take the company to the next level of its growth trajectory."

Mr. Giorgio De Roni said: "I am delighted to be part of GoAir, the most profitable, most revered and best managed airline in India. It will be my endeavor to expand the operations profitably and continue to provide miles and smiles to our customers. With the delivery of new aircraft to take place soon, the brand proposition 'fly smart' will get a whole new dimension."

"Our aircraft utilization is best-in-category, giving us operational edge over others. GoAir recently received Best Performing Airline award in the Airbus A320 category operator in Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa region. The award is presented every two year by Airbus based on both fleet utilization and performance achievements in each region and worldwide and for two categories of fleet size. Their metrics take into account On-time performance as well as severity of the operational interruptions (based on the Airbus Severity Index calculation)," he added.

GoAir currently operates across 18 destinations 133 daily flights and approximately 931 weekly flights. The destinations include Ahmedabad, Bagdogra, Bengalooru, Chandigarh, Cochin, Delhi, Goa, Guwahati, Jaipur, Jammu, Leh, Lucknow, Mumbai, Nagpur, Nanded, Patna, Pune and Srinagar.

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