Kingfisher Flights

• Kingfisher pilots on strike again, 28 flights cancelled

  Several flights of Kingfisher were cancelled today due to a strike by pilots to protest non-payment of wages for almost five months.

• Kingfisher pilots report sick in protest, many flights cancelled

  Kingfisher passengers faced a fresh hell today as at least 40 flights were cancelled. The crisis was created by pilots who called in sick to highlight that their salaries have not been paid for several months. Eleven flights were cancelled out of Mumbai alone.

• Blog: A Kingfisher passenger on her journey

  I flew Kingfisher. Not once, but twice in the last two days. I shall be lining up for a bravery award at the President's door, but that is another story. This one needs to be told first.

• Kingfisher cancels 30 flights, Vijay Mallya apologises to passengers

  Under fire for large-scale cancellation of flights, beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines' promoter Vijay Mallya tonight offered his unconditional apology to inconvenienced passengers. "We tried to reach as many as possible, we tried to make alternative bookings, refunds," Mr Mallya told NDTV.

• Kingfisher cancels 30 flights, says accounts need to be unfrozen

  Kingfisher cancelled 30 flights today, most of them out of Mumbai, but said it is now offering passengers a full refund. After a weekend when nearly 50 per cent of its flights were cancelled, gone were the lame excuses about aircraft being grounded by bird hits.

• Kingfisher cancels 16 more flights, will it be penalised?

  Hundreds of passengers booked on Kingfisher flights are stranded, with the cash-strapped carrier cancelling 12 flights out of Mumbai and four of Delhi early this morning. There were large-scale cancellations over the weekend too and could land the airline in trouble with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

• Kingfisher passengers continue to suffer; 16 flights cancelled from Mumbai

  Passengers booked on Kingfisher Airlines are in for some trouble as the country's third largest airline has announced that its operations will be curtailed over the next four days. On Sunday, Kingfisher Airlines cancelled 16 flights from Mumbai. Several other Kingfisher flights from Mumbai have also been delayed.

• Kingfisher Airlines grounds more flights, passengers suffer

  Passengers of Kingfisher Airlines suffered severe hardship today as the beleaguered carrier cancelled several flights from some key cities and completely shut down operations from Kolkata, including international flights, for about ten days.

• Kingfisher crisis: 'Is it our duty to fly on loss-making routes,' tweets Vijay Mallya

  Hours after the government made it clear that a debt recast like was done for Air India was not possible for Kingfisher, the airline's owner and liquor baron Vijay Mallya tweeted, "Every government has gone out of the way to support airlines and connectivity.

• Kingfisher cancels 50 flights today, airline asked to explain

  Kingfisher Airlines, owned by millionaire/billionaire Vijay Mallya, cancelled 50 flights today. Sources in the airline say this is likely to continue as the management struggles with a financial crisis.

• Kingfisher asked to explain cancellations of flights

  Kingfisher airlines, owned by Vijay Mallya, has been asked to explain why it cancelled at least 80 flights over the last three days.

• Six Kingfisher flights cancelled as oil companies stop fuel supply

  Flights of Kingfisher Airlines were disrupted this evening and at least six of them were "delayed" apparently due to stoppage of fuel supply by oil companies over non-payment of dues.

• Kingfisher passenger opens emergency door, delays flight

  A passenger of a Kingfisher Lucknow-Delhi flight opened the emergency exit door of the aircraft just before it was to take off from here last night, delaying its departure by nearly two hours. The man, who was not identified, was de-planed and handed over by the Kingfisher staff to the authorities soon after he opened the latch on the emergency doo...

• Kingfisher flight makes emergency landing in Delhi

  A Kingfisher Airlines flight carrying 118 passengers on Saturday made an emergency landing at the Indira Gandhi International (IGI) airport in New Delhi - barely a few minutes after it took off for Mumbai."The commander got an alert from one of the systems on board. He decided to return to Delhi and get this (alert) checked," a Kingfisher Airlines ...

• Plane lands on closed runway in Lucknow, passengers safe

  A Kingfisher flight from Mumbai to Lucknow landed at the wrong runway at the Lucknow airport - the pilot ended up on a taxiway that was closed for repairs.All passengers are safe.The pilot followed the instructions of the Air Traffic Control which guided him to Taxiway Delta. The pilot discovered a pothole and found that the runway had been closed....