Jet Airways to launch 16 additional flights in March

NEW DELHI: Private carrier Jet Airways on Friday said it will operate 16 additional daily flights in the remaining period of the winter schedule, which ends on March 28. [caption id=“attachment_1473861” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Representational image. Reuters[/caption] Most of the additional capacity is being deployed on the trunk routes like Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Bengaluru, it said. Jet Airways announcement comes aweek after the recently launched fullservice carrier Vistara said it would be scaling up operations to 166 flights per week, besides adding Goa and Hyderabad in its network by March. “Jet Airways will operate 16 additional daily Boeing 737 flights effective February 1 to March 28 to meet increased demand on key domestic sectors,” the airline said. The airline will operate additional early morning flights from Bangalore and Chennai to Mumbai and late evening services from Mumbai to the two key southern cities, it said. Besides, additional daily flights will also be operated from Bangalore and Chennai to Delhi, the airline said. PTI