- Extended connectivity between India and Saudi Arabia
- Domestic network access beyond gateway cities both in India and Saudi Arabia
Mumbai, India, 2018-Dec-14 — /Travel PR News/ — Jet Airways, India’s premier full service, international airline, and ‘flynas’, Saudi Arabia’s first budget airline, have entered into an extensive codeshare partnership to enhance connectivity between India and Saudi Arabia.
As part of the agreement, Jet Airways will place its marketing code ‘9W’ on flynas flights between the gateway cities of Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh, thus providing its guests travelling from India the ability to travel in to Saudi Arabia via one point and depart from another. Jet Airways will also be placing its code via Dammam, Jeddah and Riyadh to the Saudi Arabian cities of Medina which is the holiest city in Islam, as well as port city of Gizan, the agriculturally rich city of Gassim, the unofficial summer capital city of Taif and the popular tourist destination Abha, thus extending our reach into Saudi Arabia.
In turn, flynas will be able to offer its guests access in to India by placing its marketing code ‘XY’ on Jet Airways’ international flights connecting Jeddah to Mumbai, Riyadh to Mumbai and Delhi as well as Dammam to Mumbai and Delhi. In addition to these international routes, flynas will also place its marketing code on certain destinations on the Jet Airways domestic network, via Mumbai to Delhi, Kochi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, and Lucknow as well as via Delhi to Bengaluru, Lucknow, Chennai, and Kochi.
Mr. Marnix Fruitema, Executive Vice President – Commercial, Jet Airways, said: “Saudi Arabia is the second largest international travel market to/from India with almost 6 million passengers travelling between both countries annually for religious tourism, business as well as leisure. Our codeshare agreement with flynas reflects our continuing commitment to offer our guests the best possible connections to more and more destinations around the world and we are delighted to partner with flynas to offer guests of both the airlines wider network access and a seamless travel experience across the networks of both carriers.
flynas’ CEO, Mr. Bander Al-Mohanna stated: “This partnership is an important step in-line with flynas’ expansion and development strategy. Through such agreements we aim to offer a continually improved service to our passengers by adding more travel routes and expanding our reach regionally and internationally, in particular to key markets such as India. We are certain this partnership will support our efforts and enable us to upscale the quality and convenience required to meet and even surpass our passengers’ demands and expectations.”
Flights under this agreement are now open for sale, for travel effective 11th December 2018.
About Jet Airways:
Jet Airways is India’s premier international airline, currently operates flights to 66 destinations, including India and overseas. Jet Airways’ robust domestic India network spans the length and breadth of the country covering metro cities, state capitals and emerging destinations.
Beyond India, Jet Airways operates flights to key international destinations in South East Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Europe and North America. The Jet Airways Group currently operates a fleet of 124 aircraft, comprising Boeing 777-300 ERs, Airbus A330-200 / 300, the latest Boeing 737 Max 8, Next Generation Boeing 737s and ATR 72-500 / 600s.
About Flynas:
Established in 2007, flynas is a Saudi Carrier and the leading low-cost airline in the Middle East with a fleet of 30 Airbus A320 Aircraft, operating over 1,100 flights weekly to 17 domestic destinations and 53 international destinations. Since its launch, flynas has successfully carried more than 38 million passengers from its bases in Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam and Abha.
flynas’ high value offerings, on-time performance and superior customer service earned flynas the award for the Middle East’s Leading Low-Cost Airline from World Travel Awards in 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, as well as the Skytrax Award for Middle East’s Best Low-Cost Airline in 2017 & 2018
For more information, visit www.flynas.com
Media Contacts:
For JetAirways:
Gaurav Sahni
DGM – Corporate Communications
Tel: +91 11 46095012
Email: gaurav.sahni@jetairways.com
Srirupa Sen
Manager – Corporate Communications
For Flynas:
Ahmad Ibrahim Almusained
Director of Corporate Communication
P.O. Box 305161 Riyadh 113561 Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
Tel: +966 11 407 8103
Fax: +966 11 217 0000
Email: aalmusained@flynas.com
Source: Jet Airways