"I will be getting A-330 in 2007, by that time we would be completing two and a half years in aviation industry. I will request the government to ease the norms or allow us to fly at least within Asia," Vijay Mallya, chairman and managing director, Kingfisher told PTI.
As per the civil aviation ministry norms, airlines need to have put in at least five years in the domestic market before being given permission to fly abroad.
He expressed the hope that the government would definitely consider the request to review these norms, considering the rapid growth in the country's civil aviation sector.
Mallya, who floated UB Air in the 1990s with two Dornier aircraft, is presently engaged in working out strategies for Kingfisher Airlines' entry into capital market with an IPO of around $200 million, which is slated to come up in 2006.
"We are seriously looking at this source to fund our orders for new aircraft. We would be getting the first delivery of the world's largest Jumbo Jet - Airbus A380 around 2010. However, we have to do the pre-delivery payments," Mallya said.
Kingfisher would be getting the delivery of A330 in third quarter of 2007 and that of A380 in 2010. It plans to use A330s for its regional services and A380s for longer journeys.
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