Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, has significantly enhanced its global connectivity with the introduction of additional frequencies from Mumbai to Far East and the gulf region. These additional frequencies being introduced from Mumbai to Doha, to Colombo and to Bangkok will provide guests with the convenience of an additional service.
The addition of a second frequency from Mumbai to Doha, Qatar's economic centre will further strengthen the airlines growing international network and significantly enhance flight connectivity in the Gulf region.
Doha is currently linked with one flight each from Mumbai, Delhi and Kochi. The new flight on this high demand route will not only cater to the growing Indian expatriates but also boost tourism and trade between the two cities and will help in bringing in traffic to and from the Middle East.
With these new enhanced flights, Jet Airways will achieve the landmark milestone of becoming India’s first private airline to operate over 40 daily flights to multiple destinations in the Gulf. This includes daily departures to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, Kuwait, Sharjah, Muscat, Jeddah, Dammam and Riyadh, thus, making the airline the largest operator between India and the Gulf.
Due to popular demand, Jet Airways has added a second direct flight from Mumbai to Colombo. Jet Airways flight 9W 252 will depart Mumbai at 1805 hrs and arrive into Colombo at 2035 hrs (local time). The return flight 9W 251 will depart Colombo at 2135 hrs (LT) and arrive Mumbai at 0015 hrs, providing onward connections to Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the Gulf, Bangkok, Singapore and Hong Kong in the Far East and to North America via Brussels and London Heathrow with direct and codeshare flights.
With the introduction of this additional flight, the airline will offer convenient options to its guests. Jet Airways is the only airline to operate two flights a day to the island nation.
In addition, Jet Airways today introduced a third daily direct service from its international gateway in Mumbai to Bangkok. The new afternoon service will provide seamless connectivity to guests from the airlines domestic network. This would make Jet Airways’ the only Indian carrier to operate three flights a day from Mumbai to Bangkok's International Suvarnabhumi Airport as well as providing on ward connections to Ho Chi Minh from Bangkok.
Gaurang Shetty, senior vice-president, commercial, Jet Airways said, ''Jet Airways is delighted to introduce these additional frequencies from Mumbai to Doha, Colombo and Bangkok that will afford its guests the convenience of seamless travel and unmatched flight options. Jet Airways has already established itself as a prestigious brand in these competitive sectors in a relatively short period of time and these enhanced connectivity further emphasizes the airlines commitment to growing this market. This is truly an indication of the strong demand on these sectors. We are confident that these additional services will prove immensely popular with our guests.''
Shares of the company gained Rs 4.55, or 1.89%, to trade at Rs 245. The total volume of shares traded was 76,110 at the BSE (10.23 a.m., Wednesday).
