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By Our Special Correspondent
BANGALORE, FEB. 19. Kingfisher Airlines today announced that it has signed an agreement with Airbus Industrie of the European Consortium for the purchase of three new Airbus A319 aircraft. With this purchase, Kingfisher Airlines, which will be launched in May this year, has ordered a total of 33 new aircraft. Of these, 10 A320s and 3 A319s are on firm order, with options for buying a further 20 aircraft. In addition to this, Kingfisher Airlines has also leased four new Airbus A320-200 aircraft from Debis Air Finance, a company of Daimler Chrysler.
The Chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, said "The addition of the three 144 seat A319s to our soon-to-be launched airline will complement the capabilities of the fleet and serve the needs of traffic on routes out of Bangalore where the 319s will be based."
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