Private carrier Jet Airways will connect the capital cities of the Indian state of Kerala and the Sultanate of Oman with daily, direct flights. The direct flights to Thiruvananthapuram and Muscat will commence from September 15, 2008.
Jet Airways will operate these services with a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a two-class configuration - Première and Economy.
The new flight will complement Jet Airways' existing daily service on the Mumbai-Muscat sector.
Jet Airways' flight 9W 530 (Thiruvananthapuram-Muscat) will depart Thiruvananthapuram at 0755 hours and arrive Muscat at 1030 hours. On the return leg, flight 9W 529 (Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram) will depart Muscat at 0030 hours and arrive Thiruvananthapuram at 0535 hours.
Announcing the launch of these services, Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways said, "In a remarkably short span of time, Jet Airways has established a dominant presence on the important Kerala-West Asia sector, on the strength of its superior in-flight product and service standards. In a bid to further enhance its connectivity on this sector, and in line with passenger demand, the airline is proud to be the first private Indian airline to connect Muscat and Thiruvananthapuram."
With the launch of this new flight, Jet Airways will fly to six destinations in the Gulf (Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from five gateway points in India: Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai and Delhi.
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 85 aircraft, including 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 11 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.28 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.
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