Jet Airways Enhances Global Connectivity, Links Four Additional Indian Cities to the World

In a major expansion plan, Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will significantly enhance global connectivity with the introduction of four new daily direct international flights linking Ahmedabad, Goa, Lucknow and Pune*, India’s business and tourist destinations, with Abu Dhabi and beyond effective November 14, 2014.
 
The addition of these new flights will further strengthen the Jet Airways’ growing international network and significantly enhance international flight connectivity to the Gulf and beyond to North America, Europe and Africa with its strategic partner, Etihad Airways.

The cities of Ahmedabad, Goa, Lucknow and Pune are fast developing with growing importance in the business world. Guests from these smaller metros can now enjoy the advantage of direct seamless connectivity from home cities to Abu Dhabi with one stop connections to international destinations such as Brussels, Manchester, Dusseldorf, Dublin, Belgrade, Moscow, Milan, Frankfurt, Munich and Paris in Europe and Washington, Los Angeles and Chicago in North America with the introduction of these flights.

 
Mr Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice President – Commercial, Jet Airways, said “It is indeed a proud moment for us at Jet Airways to be introducing our maiden international flights from Ahmedabad, Goa, Lucknow and Pune to Abu Dhabi. Guests travelling to Abu Dhabi will now have multiple options to travel to destinations of their choice to North America, Europe, Africa and Middle East in a seamless manner with our strategic partner Etihad Airways and other interline partners. This is truly an indication of the strong demand from the smaller metros and linking up more cities with international destinations apart from giving a boost to trade and tourism besides providing job opportunities. Jet Airways, as a preferred brand on this highly competitive Indo-Gulf market, has won acclaim on account of its excellent service and quality of its in-flight product. We are confident that our airline will soon emerge as an automatic first choice amongst carriers on these popular routes, given our unparalleled domestic network and an ever expanding international footprint.”
 

Note: Schedules for Pune – Abu Dhabi – Pune are being finalized based on available slots at both airports and will be announced shortly.

 
The introduction of these new services to Abu Dhabi, further reinforces Jet Airways’ commitment to the people from these newly growing cities and Indian expatriates working in the Gulf as well as connecting them to a large number of global destinations via the gateway point of Abu Dhabi. Jet Airways currently operates a daily flight each from Delhi, Kochi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad and 11 flights a week from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi.

With these new enhanced flights, Jet Airways will achieve the landmark milestone of becoming India’s first private airline to operate over 50 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.
 
The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft on this route, where Premiere and Economy guests may enjoy the airline’s famed in-flight service, its award-winning In-flight Entertainment (IFE) programme and the airline's hallmark concept of hospitality.
 
These flight will offer the following connections:
 

*Subject to Government approval
 
About Jet Airways:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 113 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 73 next generations Boeing 737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 3 ATR72-600. With an average fleet age of 5.20 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 74  destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong  Kong,  Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Paris, Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.
 
About JetKonnect:

JetKonnect is a dedicated product designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment.  JetKonnect will also offer guests a Premiere service on nearly all domestic routes.  With  its  mixed  fleet of Boeings and ATR aircraft  with  nearly  259 daily flights connecting 48 destinations across India,  JetKonnect  provides  more  flexibility  and  choice to its guests. JetKonnect's convenient schedules, reliable service and low fares, promise to bring greater value and a seamless flying experience to our customers.

Jet Airways and JetKonnect together operate over 544 daily flights, both domestic and international.
 
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Jet Airways (I) Ltd.
New Delhi and Mumbai, India

 
Ragini Chopra
Vice President – Corporate Communications & Public Relations
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