Jet Airways raise frequencies, adds new flights in winter schedule

Mumbai: Full service carrier Jet Airways will add four new city pairs and 19 additional frequencies as part of its winter schedule to meet the increased demand on key sectors, a company release said today.[caption id=“attachment_2455414” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Introducing new flights. Reuters[/caption] As per its winter schedule, Jet Airways will introduce eight new flights between four new city pairings from 15 November. The airlines will introduce flights from Mumbai and Delhi to Vishakhapatnam. It will also launch daily flights between Srinagar and Jammu to provide better connectivity between these two key destinations in Jammu and Kashmir. The airlines will also upgrade its Delhi – Mumbai – Delhi services on flights 9W 362 and 9W 361 to an Airbus A 330-200 becoming the only carrier to operate a wide body aircraft on this route. The wide body aircraft will start flying from 25 October with a 18/236 configuration in Premiere and Economy respectively. In the winter schedule Jet Airways will introduce a tenth daily frequency between Bengaluru and Delhi while commencing a eleventh daily service from Mumbai to Bengaluru. It is also introducing a third daily service between Bengaluru and Hyderabad. One more flight will start flying between Mumbai and Jaipur taking the total number of Jet Airways flights between the cities to three. In the Delhi-Mumbai sector, Jet Airways is introducing its sixteenth daily frequency while a third daily late evening service from Delhi to Ahmedabad will start. A second service from Delhi to Varanasi is also being introduced. “Effective November 15th, 2015, the route between Delhi and Hyderabad will have a fourth daily frequency. Similarly, the airline will operate a second frequency between Bengaluru and Goa, six days a week, effective 30th November, 2015,” the release said. Jet Airways will further enhance its early morning connections by introducing a new flight between Chennai and Kolkata and adding a frequency between Chennai and Mumbai. Gaurang Shetty, senior vice-president, commercial, Jet Airways said, “The Indian domestic sector is witnessing a robust growth in demand. Jet Airways has always been responsive to market conditions and provided enhanced travel options to our guests. 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.”