Kingfisher Airlines
acquires designer coaches from Tata Motors
Indiantelevision.com
Team
(7 March 2005 7:00 pm)
MUMBAI: Soon to be launched liquor Baron Vijay Mallya’s
Kingfisher Airlines, today announced that it has inked a deal with
Tata Motors for the purchase of a fleet of customised designer coaches
to meet its ground transportation needs. These coaches are part of
new range that was launched by Tata Motors today.
The
coaches are being customised to meet Kingfisher Airlines’ exacting
standards of guest convenience which the airline expects to provide
when it launches later this year. The coaches will be used to ferry
guests to the aircraft and back and have been designed with a view
to extending the ‘Kingfisher Class’ experience even on the
ground. The current order is for ten coaches.
Sharing Kingfisher Airlines’ approach to providing
an equally pleasing experience while on the ground, president and
chief operating officer Alex Wilcox said, “The on-ground experience
is as important as the in-flight experience and by going in for a
specially customized fleet, we hope to be able to extend the same
comfort and experience on-ground and in-air. This purchase forms an
important part of our ground infrastructure and takes us one step
closer to the airline’s launch.”
Some of the features of the fleet of coaches include:
Low doorsills for ease of entry and exit with hand baggage;
Powerful air conditioning;
State-of-the-art audio system playing soothing music;
The
coaches are being customised to meet Kingfisher Airlines’ exacting
standards of guest convenience which the airline expects to provide
when it launches later this year. The coaches will be used to ferry
guests to the aircraft and back and have been designed with a view
to extending the ‘Kingfisher Class’ experience even on the
ground. The current order is for ten coaches.