roundUP: Indian carrier buys Airbus.INDIAN carrier Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines Limited is an airline based in Bangalore, India. It is a major Indian luxury airline operating an extensive network to 34 destinations, with plans for regional and long-haul international services. has signed a deal to buy five Airbus 340-500 jets which it intends to use on non-stop routes to the United States.The Mumbai - formerly Bombay - headquartered airline will deploy the aircraft on San Francisco and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of services. It is expected to start taking delivery of the four-engine aircraft in 2008. Although the jets are valued pounds 600m at list prices, airlines routinely negotiate discounts. Wings for the aircraft will be built at Airbus' Broughton plant in north east Wales. |
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