Kingfisher Airlines has started a daily direct flight between the national capital and Ludhiana, Punjab.

According to company announcement, Kingfisher Airlines's budget arm, Kingfisher Red, would handle the functioning of the new service.

With the launching of the new service, Kingfisher turns out to be the only private air-carrier to provide Ludhiana service.

Kingfisher Airlines, India's No 2 private carrier, has informed that it has received sanction from the federal government to operate flights on nine international routes.

According to the sources, the airline has been allowed to operate Mumbai-London, Kolkata-Dhaka, Kolkata-Chittagong, Mumbai-Hong Kong, Mumbai-Singapore, Chennai-Colombo, Bangalore-Colombo, Bangalore-Bangkok and Mumbai-Bangkok flights.

The company officials said that the time frame for launch of proposed services will be announced progressively.