UAE: Jet Airways Announces Abu Dhabi - Mumbai Flight from April 23
Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai
Dubai, Apr 4: Jet Airways, India's premier airline, commenced operations to the Gulf effective, 5th January 2008 and was India’s first private airline to connect India and the Gulf with our non-stop daily flights. After successfully launching flights from Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and Oman, to India, Jet Airways will now extend their services from Abu Dhabi to Delhi and Abu Dhabi to Mumbai, effective 23rd April 2008.
The daily non-stop flights will depart from Mumbai at 2145 hours and arrive into Abu Dhabi at 2330 hours, leaving Abu Dhabi at 0020 hours to arrive into Mumbai at 0450 hours. Another aircraft will depart from Delhi at 2100 hrs and arrive at Abu Dhabi at 2340 hrs, leaving Abu Dhabi at 0030 hours to arrive into Delhi at 0510 hours, daily.
Jet Airways will strengthen its operations form Qatar and Oman by adding daily non-stop flights between Doha and Kochi on 18th April 2008 and between Muscat and Mumbai on 21st April 2008.
“International air services are the backbone of progress and international flights bring nations and countries closer together. We hope and trust that the new Jet Airways flights will further strengthen the existing bond between UAE and India. We will focus on promoting Tourism into India and into the Gulf, and this greater air connectivity between our 2 countries will also fuel regional growth in trade and investment.” Says Shakir Kantawala, Regional Manager – Sales & Marketing while speaking to Daijiworld.com in Dubai
“The main features of Jet Airways Abu Dhabi operations will be our daily non-stop flights to each destination we fly to, combined with world class service on-the-ground and in-the-air, which our customers have now got accustomed to. Jet Airways will introduce its world-class service on the Boeing 737-800 aircraft on these sectors, offering the highest quality of comfort, courtesy, reliability and standards of in-flight as well as ground operations, for which the airline has been highly acclaimed.” he added
“Our fare structure will be extremely competitive as we will have a range of fares available for sale based on the flight profile in terms of seats available at the time of buying the ticket. In the introductory stage, one-way economy prices start at AED 450 to Mumbai and AED 500 to Delhi. Most of the popular domestic destinations can be added on from Mumbai at only AED 250 extra. Return economy fares start at AED 1,000 to Mumbai and AED 1,100 for Delhi. Fares in Premiere, the Jet Airways business class, start at AED 1,700 for one-way and AED 2,500 for a return ticket to Mumbai. Premiere fares for Delhi are AED 1750 one-way and AED 2550 return. All fares are exclusive of taxes.”
Our flights from Abu Dhabi to Mumbai and Delhi will arrive early morning to connect to our vast domestic network within India. Our extensive domestic network will provide flight options to most of our 45 destinations within India.”
“In addition to the existing 15 international destinations, we will soon be starting flights from India to Hong Kong on 14th April, and from Mumbai to San Francisco via Shanghai, on 5th May, 2008. We have also officially reduced the minimum connecting time for International to Domestic connections at Mumbai to two and a half hours from the earlier three hours, considering that we now have domestic segments check-in counters at the International Airport itself, and also, the transfers are done from the airside, alongside the tarmac, cutting out the public roads and without really leaving the airport. “ he informs
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 81 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 9 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.20 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 380 flights daily and has flown over 80 million passengers since inception in May 1993.