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Bangalore, Dec. 4 Kingfisher Airlines today announced that it will start its daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to London, Heathrow from January 5. Tickets for travel on the inaugural flight and for subsequent flights are now available for sale to guests intending to travel to London and from London into Mumbai.

Kingfisher Airlines’ flight from Mumbai will take off at 1.50 p.m. and arrive at London Heathrow’s Terminal 4 at 5.55 p.m. (local time). From London, the flight will leave at 8.30 p.m. and arrive the next day at 11 a.m. in Mumbai (local time).

The launch of this new route marks the second international route to be operated by Kingfisher Airlines. The first international route operated by Kingfisher Airlines was the Bangalore-London sector which was launched on September 3.

Mr Vijay Mallya, Chairman and CEO, Kingfisher Airlines Ltd said, “I am delighted to announce the launch of daily non-stop flights between Mumbai and London. Given the strong linkages between India and the United Kingdom, we believe that there is untapped potential and this new route promises to serve the unmet needs of discerning corporate and leisure flyers to these destinations”.

The airlines recently got the approval to operate flights on other routes such as, Mumbai-Hong Kong, Mumbai-Singapore, Chennai-Colombo, Bangalore-Colombo, Kolkata-Dhaka, Kolkata-Chittagong, Bangalore-Bangkok and Mumbai-Bangkok sectors.

The launch dates would be announced soon said a company release.

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