Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open 2006 Creates New Tennis Records

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India , 2006-10-03

India’s biggest international Tennis extravaganza, The Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open 2006, today drew to a close after a nail-biting finish and some magnificent tennis action over the weekend at Mumbai’s CCI. Top-seeded Dmitry Tursunov walked away with the Single’s title while Mahesh Bhupathi and Mario Ancic took the Doubles honours.

Commenting on the just concluded Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open, Dr. Vijay Mallya, Chairman and CEO, Kingfisher Airlines Limited said, “The last seven days at the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open provided some outstanding tennis action for spectators and lovers of the sport. I wish all the participants and winners, the very best for the ensuing tennis season and hope that they have a successful and professionally rewarding season in the coming months”.

“Kingfisher Airlines will continue to support this event and tennis lovers in India can be assured of some splendid tennis action over the coming years as well”, added Dr. Mallya.

The excitement around the Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open 2006, which kicked-off on September 25, 2006, was not restricted to CCI’s Centre Court alone. A series of promotional events were organized on the sidelines of the week-long tournament. A celebrity match– featuring Bollywood celebrities Soha Ali Khan, Kunal Kapoor and Diana Hayden–provided an appropriate curtain raiser to the week-long tournament. A ‘Kids Clinic’ was held for school children in Delhi as well as Mumbai where tennisstar Mario Ancic delighted the school kids with some tennis lessons. A spectacular Street Match with Mahesh Bhupathi and Juan Martin Del Potro was also held in Mumbai and enthusiasts at Mumbai’s Phoenix Mills actually got to play a few points with the two tennis legends and won Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open merchandise on the spot. A fashion show featuring the latest ensemble of two of India’s hottest designers, Ashish Soni and Surily Goel, was the highlight of the weekend, just before the action began for the finals. The show-stopper of the fashion show was the four tennis pros Dmitry Tursunov, Thomas Berdych, Aisam Qureshi and Rohan Bopanna who walked the ramp. In addition to this, a series of promotions were held where guests flying Kingfisher Airlines could enter a contest and meet some of the world’s greatest tennis stars in person.

Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open took-off in fascinating style and the closing ceremony yesterday was equally magnificent. In the presence of top executives from Kingfisher Airlines, The Govt. of Maharashtra, Globosport and CCI, the awards ceremony was a mega event. The winners flaunted their Kingfisher Airlines Tennis Open trophies and the grand cheques for all audience.


About Kingfisher Airlines

Kingfisher Airlines is India's first and only private airline to receive the prestigious, 'Best New Airline of the Year' award in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East region from Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA). Kingfisher Airlines has also been voted as the 3rd Most Successful Brand Launch of the Year 2005, in the annual Brand Derby Survey conducted by India’s leading business daily-Business Standard. In another Survey conducted by agencyfaqs.com and Brand Reporter, Kingfisher was voted as the 7th Buzziest Brand of 2005 amongst 2000 leading national and international brands. More recently, Kingfisher Airlines has bagged the “Service Excellence for a New Airline” award from Skytrax, a UK based specialist global air transport advisor.

Another addition to the list of laurels is the “Best New Domestic Airline for Excellent Services and Cuisine” award from Pacific Area Travel Writers Association (PATWA), the biggest travel writers’ organization, across the globe, that conducts independent annual surveys across various industries related with Travel and Tourism in order to select the best in each category. Lastly in a survey conducted by IMB for Times of India, 46% of the participants voted Kingfisher Airlines ‘The Best Airline” and “India’s Favourite Carrier”. Kingfisher Airlines commenced operations on May 9, 2005 with a brand new fleet of aircraft. Kingfisher Airlines offers Full Service at True Value and promises an unparalleled experience to the Indian air traveler. On offer are extra-wide seats and spacious leg room, delicious gourmet meals, international-class cabin crew and a whole host of comforts and delights. Kingfisher Airlines also facilitates doorstep delivery of tickets on guest request. Kingfisher Airlines has further raised the bar by introducing the Indian business traveler to a premium product- Kingfisher First, the finest experience in the Indian skies. For more information on Kingfisher Airlines log on to www.flykingfisher.com . Fly the Good Times with Kingfisher Airlines.

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Malini Nair, Manager PR, Kingfisher Airlines Limited, + 91 93242 39730
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