Kuwait, March 24, 2009: Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, will launch daily, direct services to from Kuwait to Mumbai, effective March 29, 2009.
Jet Airways will operate the new flight aboard a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft.
The inaugural flight 9W 572 will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 1900 hrs, arriving at Kuwait International Airport at 2030 hrs. Flight 9W 571 will then depart Kuwait at 2130 hrs and arrive in Mumbai at 0400 hrs.
Mr. Abdulrahman Al Busaidy, Group Executive Officer, Jet Airways stated," Jet Airways' new flight from Kuwait to Bombay is designed to provide convenient timings to our valued customers, not just between Kuwait and Mumbai but also for onward connections to key cities in India such as Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Mangalore, Chennai, Pune, and Calicut, in both directions."
The services on the Kuwait - Mumbai - Kuwait route are in addition to the already established Kuwait - Kochi - Kuwait route, where flight timings have been fine tuned to suit business travelers. The airline's customers can now depart from Kuwait onboard 9W 573 at 0140 and arrive into Kochi at 0915 hrs.
Similarly, on the return, customers depart Kochi onboard 9W574 at 2210 and arrive into Kuwait at 0040 hrs to make it back in time for the working day.
Jet Airways' flights connect important Indian gateway points to Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the Gulf region.
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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.
© Press Release 2009
