KF Intl
Hi, an insiders view - nobody at KFA knows right now what is gonna happen with Int'l ops. I've heard we pay a damn big money for A-340s being parked at the French apron. But due to oil prices we are not gonna take them (non-stop flights to US not on the plan right now), and since they are very specific furnished nobody else wants them...
330 I have seen already in Bangalore, I believe they already fly them on domestic as line-training. But no official information about the long haul routes to fly, although it is almost end of July. So if they start flying them to Europe in September, I expect them to be empty, unless they sell tickets for 0.99 usd plus tax.
To summarize this - Int'l operations is gonna be "well" managed as everything at KFA, and Dr. Mallya better prepares a thick check-book, since he will sign a lot of checks to pay for this "Intl theater" in the near future !