Deccan and Kingfisher Airlines announce merger

Bangalore, 20 Dec, 2007 : India's biggest discount carrier, Deccan, will merge with liquor baron Vijay Mallya's up market Kingfisher Airlines to create a mega airline. Deccan Aviation Ltd will merge its scheduled airline operations into the unlisted Kingfisher Airlines, to create one of the biggest air carriers in India and pave the way for the latter to fly overseas.

The merged airline which is to come up by 2008 will be called Kingfisher Airlines. The name Kingfisher is the flagship beer brand of Mallya's UB Group.

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