Jet Airways Konnect introduces 30 more flights to its pan-India network

In response to strong customer demand, effective June 13, 2009, Jet Airways Konnect, Jet Airways’ new all-economy service, will enhance its network to include thirty new flights to its current pan-India network of 62 daily flights.

Jet Airways Konnect currently links several destinations across India, including Kochi, Pune, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bhopal, Amritsar, Jorhat, Agartala and Guwahati with five major metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Bengaluru, Kolkata and Chennai.

With the launch of these new services, Jet Airways Konnect will link Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram with Chennai, while enhancing current services on the Coimbatore-Chennai sector.

Jet Airways Konnect will also introduce services from Thiruvanathapuram and Mumbai to Bengaluru, while enhancing existing services on the Hyderabad-Bengaluru sector.

In addition, the airline has also introduced a new service on the Ahmedabad-Indore – Bhopal – Raipur - Hyderabad sector, among other services.

According to Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways, “The Jet Airways Konnect service has proved to be extremely popular with our guests. There continues to be latent demand for a quality, all-economy service on several key domestic routes. The launch of these new Jet Airways Konnect flights is in response to the same.”

With the introduction of these new flights, the Jet Airways Konnect service will operate with a fleet of ten ATR 72-500 and three Boeing 737-800 aircraft on key domestic routes across India.

For more information, passengers are requested to log on to jetairways.com.

About Jet Airways Konnect
Jet Airways Konnect is a no-frills Economy Class service on key domestic routes, designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment.

The airline connects four major Indian metros- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Bengaluru - with several destinations across India.

From Mumbai, the airline operates services to Bhopal/ Udaipur/ Ahmedabad/ Bhavnagar/ Jodhpur/ Chennai/ Kochi/ Vadodara and Jaipur. From Delhi, the airline flies to Amritsar and Vadodara. From Chennai, the airline flies to Madurai/ Kochi/ Coimbatore and Bengaluru. From Bengaluru, the airline flies to Mangalore/ Pune/ Hyderabad and Kolkata.

Jet Airways
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 86 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 50 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 4.53 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.

Jet Airways currently operates over 334 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 23 aircraft, which includes 16 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series.  The airline flies to 28 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), currently operating 110 flights a day, on average.

Jet Airways, with the acquisition of JetLite, today has a combined fleet strength of 109 aircraft and operates over 444 flights daily.