by Sujay BendurDaijiworld Media Network—Dubai (CN)
Dubai, Aug 18: Naresh Goel, chairman, Jet Airways, on Sunday, August 17, announced the starting of a direct flight from Dubai to Mumbai and Delhi. With this, the prospects of a private airline flying to Mangalore from the Gulf region is getting brigther. Jet Airways is already laying the required ground work.
Speaking on the issue with Rajesh Sequiera, co-ordinator, Karnataka NRI Forum, Goel remarked that Mangalore is a very important destination and the airlines is planning to connect Mangalore internationally. He said that with the support of Mangaloreans, Jet Airways should be able to achieve this very soon.
Goel also informed that Jet Airways is planning to fly between Jeddah and Mumbai as well as Riyadh and Mumbai in the coming months. Speaking to Daijiworld, Shakir Kantawala, regional manager, Jet Airways, said that till direct flights begin passenger can use the through check-in and throughfares to Mangalore.
The airlines daily flights from Dubai, the airlines twentieth international destination, to Mumbai and Delhi, will begin on Saturday, August 23. Dubai will be the sixth destination in the airlines Gulf network and the second in the UAE. Jet Airways Dubai flights will complement the airlines daily services to Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, and Doha, from various points in India.
Jet Airways will deploy its dual-class, state-of-the-art Airbus 330-200 aircraft on these routes, featuring its acclaimed herringbone-configured Première, and its spacious new economy class. On the Mumbai-Dubai sector, flight 9W 544 will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 1840 hrs and will arrive at Dubai International Airport at 2015 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 543 will depart Dubai International Airport at 2145 hrs and will arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 0215 hrs.
On the Delhi-Dubai sector, flight 9W 548 will depart Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 1840 hrs and will arrive at Dubai International Airport at 2025 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 547 will depart Dubai International Airport at 2255 hrs and will arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at 0335 hrs.
To commemorate its maiden foray into Dubai, the airline has introduced special return economy class fares on its first three flights only, at AED 860 net, inclusive of taxes, and return première fares of AED 2,200 inclusive of taxes, on its services to Dubai, from Mumbai and New Delhi. After the promotional period, the economy fares start at AED 820 (return) and premiere fares at AED 2,200 (return), excluding taxes.
Besides Goel, Gaurang Shetty, vice-president alliances and interline affairs, Shakir Kantawala, and Abraham Joseph, senior general manager, Jet Airways, were present at the press meet.
Dubai, Aug 18: Naresh Goel, chairman, Jet Airways, on Sunday, August 17, announced the starting of a direct flight from Dubai to Mumbai and Delhi. With this, the prospects of a private airline flying to Mangalore from the Gulf region is getting brigther. Jet Airways is already laying the required ground work.
Speaking on the issue with Rajesh Sequiera, co-ordinator, Karnataka NRI Forum, Goel remarked that Mangalore is a very important destination and the airlines is planning to connect Mangalore internationally. He said that with the support of Mangaloreans, Jet Airways should be able to achieve this very soon.
Goel also informed that Jet Airways is planning to fly between Jeddah and Mumbai as well as Riyadh and Mumbai in the coming months. Speaking to Daijiworld, Shakir Kantawala, regional manager, Jet Airways, said that till direct flights begin passenger can use the through check-in and throughfares to Mangalore.
The airlines daily flights from Dubai, the airlines twentieth international destination, to Mumbai and Delhi, will begin on Saturday, August 23. Dubai will be the sixth destination in the airlines Gulf network and the second in the UAE. Jet Airways Dubai flights will complement the airlines daily services to Abu Dhabi, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, and Doha, from various points in India.
Jet Airways will deploy its dual-class, state-of-the-art Airbus 330-200 aircraft on these routes, featuring its acclaimed herringbone-configured Première, and its spacious new economy class. On the Mumbai-Dubai sector, flight 9W 544 will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 1840 hrs and will arrive at Dubai International Airport at 2015 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 543 will depart Dubai International Airport at 2145 hrs and will arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 0215 hrs.
On the Delhi-Dubai sector, flight 9W 548 will depart Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport at 1840 hrs and will arrive at Dubai International Airport at 2025 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 547 will depart Dubai International Airport at 2255 hrs and will arrive at Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi at 0335 hrs.
To commemorate its maiden foray into Dubai, the airline has introduced special return economy class fares on its first three flights only, at AED 860 net, inclusive of taxes, and return première fares of AED 2,200 inclusive of taxes, on its services to Dubai, from Mumbai and New Delhi. After the promotional period, the economy fares start at AED 820 (return) and premiere fares at AED 2,200 (return), excluding taxes.
Besides Goel, Gaurang Shetty, vice-president alliances and interline affairs, Shakir Kantawala, and Abraham Joseph, senior general manager, Jet Airways, were present at the press meet.
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