Jet Airways enhances services from Coimbatore and Kochi to Chennai

Effective February 15, 2009, Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will introduce a new daily service on the Coimbatore/Kochi-Chennai sectors, enhancing the airline’s existing services to Tamil Nadu’s capital from the two southern cities.* This follows the induction of the airline’s 13th ATR 72-500 aircraft into its fleet.

The airline currently operates twice daily services on the Coimbatore- Chennai sector and a daily service on the Kochi- Chennai sector.

The new services will be daily, same-day return flights on the Coimbatore/Kochi-Chennai sectors, aboard Jet Airways’ brand new, all-economy ATR 72-500 aircraft.

Jet Airways flight 9W 3584 will depart Chennai at 0700 hrs, arriving in Coimbatore at 0810 hrs. Flight 9W 3585 will depart Coimbatore at 0840 hrs, arriving in Chennai at 0950 hrs.

Jet Airways flight 9W 3588 will depart Chennai at 1800 hrs, arriving in Kochi at 1930 hrs. Flight 9W 3589 will depart Kochi at 2000 hrs, arriving in Chennai at 2130 hrs.

From Chennai, passengers may connect onto the airline’s daily services to North America (Newark, JFK and Toronto), its European hub in Brussels, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo. Jet Airways also offers services to several European destinations, via Brussels, through its code-share partner, brussels airlines.

Commenting on the launch of the new services, Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways said, “With the Chennai-Coimbatore/Kochi sectors registering impressive growth in passenger traffic, the new services will cater to the domestic demand on these routes, while ensuring seamless connections to and from North America, Europe and Asia for international travelers from these two southern cities”.

* Subject To Government Approval

About Jet Airways:
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 87 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 51 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.48 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.

Flights to 63 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The airline will continue to connect existing international destinations with additional gateway points across its network in the future.

Jet Airways currently operates over 370 flights daily.

About JetLite:
JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007.  Positioned as an all-economy airline, JetLite promises to offer value for money fares.  JetLite currently operates a fleet of 24 aircraft, which includes 17 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series.  The airline flies to 26 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), currently operating a 110 flights a day, on average.

Jet Airways, with the acquisition of JetLite, today has a combined fleet strength of 111 aircraft and operates over 480 flights daily.