New flights to enhance connectivity for guests travelling from Europe via Abu Dhabi to multiple destinations in India effective March 01, 2014

Brussels, January 27, 2014: Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today announced the launch of two new international flights, a Bangalore maiden flight to the Gulf, connecting India’s IT Hub as well as a new daily direct service from Hyderabad to Abu Dhabi effective March 01, 2014.

The airline will deploy Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft on these new Bangalore and Hyderabad routes, where Premiere and Economy guests may enjoy the airline’s famed in-flight service, its award-winning In-flight Entertainment (IFE) programme and the airline's hallmark concept of hospitality.

With these new additional flights from Abu Dhabi to Bangalore and Hyderabad, Jet Airways will now offer 6 one-stop connecting destinations from Europe via Abu Dhabi* to India. These are Mumbai, Delhi, Cochin, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad

The one-stop connecting flights via Abu Dhabi are in addition to the 2 daily direct flights from Brussels and the 3 daily direct flights from London to Mumbai and Delhi.

The company has recently developed the « travel smart » concept from Europe to India, providing travelers the flexibility of a wide choice of flights, morning and evening, a high frequency and all at combinable fares.

Mr Emmanuel Menu, Regional Vice President – Continental Europe, Jet Airways, said “It is indeed a proud moment for us at Jet Airways to be introducing our maiden international flight from Bangalore to Abu Dhabi as well as a daily service on the Hyderabad – Abu Dhabi route. This is truly an indication of the strong demand for the India market. Guests travelling from Europe will now have multiple options to travel to destinations of their choice in India in a seamless manner on our direct flights via Brussels or London or via Abu Dhabi with our strategic partner Etihad Airways. Jet Airways, as a preferred brand on this highly competitive Europe to India market, has won acclaim on account of its excellent service and quality of its in-flight product. We are confident that our guests will appreciate these two new additions to our network.”

*Flight operated by our partner Etihad Airways

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 113 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 72 next generations Boeing 737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 2 ATR72-600. With an average fleet age of 5.19 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 75 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

Jet Airways and JetKonnect together operate nearly 579 daily flights, both domestic and international.