Billionaire Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines Ltd., the only Indian customer for the Airbus SAS A380, will absorb Deccan Aviation Ltd. to increase its fleet, cut costs and fly overseas as early as next year....

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India's Kingfisher Airlines plans to pilot a new premium business model and ground its existing low-cost outfit....

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India's beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines is considering proposals, including selling property, to cut its $1.3bn debt by more than 50%, officials say.

Kingfisher's board is meeting on Monday to finalise its quarterly results.
They are reported to be considering converting loans from its parent company into equity and changing its aircraft leasing terms.

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India's aviation regulator has met Kingfisher Airlines and Air India Express after an internal report raised finance-related safety concerns.

Bharat Bhushan, director general of civil aviation, said the airlines were asked to take "several steps". But he denied any carrier was in danger of having its licence cancelled, after the internal audit report was quoted as saying this might be considered.

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Losses at India's Kingfisher Airlines widened 75% in the October to December quarter, raising fresh concerns about the future of the troubled carrier.

The airline made a loss of 4.44bn rupees ($90m; ?57m) during the period, compared with 2.54bn rupees a year earlier. It said high fuel costs and a weak rupee had hurt its earnings.

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India's loss-making Kingfisher Airlines has told the aviation authorities that it hopes to restore flight schedules in the next five to seven days.

On Tuesday, the company's top officials met aviation regulators to discuss plans to end the large-scale flight disruptions over the past few days.

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India's Kingfisher Airlines is suspended from the International Air Transport Association's clearing house because of non-payment....

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India's Kingfisher airline has said it will resume paying its staff beginning this week after tax authorities unfroze its bank accounts...

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India's Kingfisher Airlines is ending its international operations with the its last overseas flight to London on Tuesday, officials say...

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India's Kingfisher Airlines said all its flights would operate as scheduled, after about 40 flights were cancelled because of work stoppages...

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India's Kingfisher Airlines has told the aviation regulator that it will pay staff salaries, held up for the last six months, in the next few days. The airline's chief executive Sanjay Aggarwal said they would decide on Thursday whether to resume flights....

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India's Kingfisher airline has grounded its fleet for a further week after talks with workers protesting against months of unpaid wages failed. On Monday the cash-strapped airline had to suspend flights for three days after some technical staff went on strike....

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A court in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad has issued an arrest warrant for Vijay Mallya, owner of the cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines. The warrant relates to a case brought by Hyderabad International Airport after cheques, worth 103m rupees ($1.9m; £1.2m), bounced....

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Shares in India's cash-strapped airline Kingfisher have fallen almost 5%, after its license was suspended over the weekend. India's aviation regulator ordered the suspension after Kingfisher failed to address concerns over its operations....

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India's Kingfisher Airlines has offered to pay three months of salary to its striking employees in an effort to restart its operations. The staff, who have not been paid for seven months, went on a strike three weeks ago, grounding aircraft....

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