About Kingfisher Red

Kingfisher Red Airlines is a low-cost airline in India. It is run by Kingfisher Airlines. Its headquarters is located at Bangalore in the Indian state of Karnataka. The air carrier was formally known as Simplify Deccan and prior to that with the name Air Deccan. KingfisherRed Airlines is the first airline of its kind to have started giving complimentary in-flight meals and bottled water to its passengers. Also, the hauler allows passengers earn frequent flyer miles for tickets booked on Fly Kingfisher Red through its King Club loyalty program.

Kingfisher Red Operation

Basically, Kingfisher Red was operated by Deccan Aviation in the name of Air Deccan. Captain C.R. Gopinath started the airline on August 23rd, 2003. Captain is a silk-farmer-turned-aviator who introduced the concept of no-frills carriers to the country. Its first flight flew with the view to make the airline common man's airline. It was Captain's dream to let every Indian to fly at least once in his/her lifetime.

Earlier, it took off between Hyderabad and Vijayawada, but, later, became the foremost airline of its sort to fly to second tier cities like Hubbali, Mangalore, Madurai and Visakhapatnam, and then metropolitan areas like Bangalore and Chennai.

Due to cut throat competition results in of its running heavy loss, Captain Gopinath eventually succumbed to pressures for consolidation. Consequently, on December 19th, 2007, Air Deccan merged with Kingfisher Airlines. Kingfisher became an important holding of United Breweries Group. Vijay Mallya turned out to be the Chairman and CEO of the company, while Captain G.R. Gopinath became the Vice-Chairman.

The main slogan of Kingfisher Red is The Choice is Simple.

Kingfisher Red Fleet

Kingfisher Red has a strong fleet of 71 Airbus A320 family and ATR aircrafts. The carrier operates 537 flights to 69 important destinations in India. Its passengers are served complimentary in-flight meals and bottled water. A special edition of Cine Blitz magazine is only the reading material provided on-board. Its every seat is well equipped with a personalized IFE system with AVOD which offers a wide range of Hollywood and Bollywood movies, programs in both Hindi and English. Passengers also get BOSE noise cancellation headphones.

In a nutshell, the work of Kingfisher Red Airlines is commendable, as its all doing to cover the low-fare segment comes out convincing.