INDIA: Jet Airways To Add 19 New Flights, Upgraded Aircraft

Naresh Goyal-promoted Jet Airways today said it will add 19 new flights, including a few red-eye services, and upgrade its aircraft to wide-body Airbus between Delhi and Mumbai to provide additional connectivity on this key route during winter season. Also, as a part of the winter schedule which would come into effect from the last Saturday of this month, the full service carrier would also launch flight services on the Mumbai-Vishakhapatnam, Delhi-Visakhapatnam, Srinagar-Jammu and Chennai-Kolkata) routes, Jet Airways said in a statement.

The enhanced network would help the airline in meeting an increased demand on key sectors, it added. ”The new flights and additional frequencies in our 2015 winter schedule will further strengthen our robust domestic network, while offering our guests additional choice and flexibility to plan their travel. We are happy to introduce the A330-200 wide-body aircraft between Delhi and Mumbai to provide additional connectivity on this key route,” Jet Airways senior vice president for commercial Gaurang Shetty said in the statement.

Jet Airways will upgrade its Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi services on flights 9W-362 and 9W-361 to an Airbus A330-200 from October 25, thereby making it the only domestic carrier to operate a wide-body aircraft on this high demand route, the airline said. The Airbus A330-200 deployed for these flights would offer 18 seats in business class and 236 seats in economy and enable passengers to experience the cabin comfort with a flat-bed in business and ergonomically designed seats in Economy, Jet Airways said.

The airline, which was the first domestic carrier to roll out red-eye flights, has increased the number of such services 11 per day, Jet Airways said, adding, “a new flight between Chennai and Kolkata and adding a frequency between Chennai and Mumbai will also be launched during this period.” Red-eye flights are the one that departs late night and land early morning and generally priced below the average fares. These flights on key domestic routes cater to the evolving demand for flight connections during non-peak hours, the statement said.