Jet Airways Offers New Year celebratory fares to the Gulf

Introduces attractive inaugural fares for its second daily Delhi-Dubai flight

MUMBAI, 2013-01-08 — /travelprnews.com/ — Jet Airways will mark the beginning of the New Year with the introduction of special fares (valid for a sale period of 5 days) on select routes to the Gulf. These special fares will go on sale effective today, January 7th to the 11th, 2013 and will be valid for travel from January 14, 2013 onwards, thus offering guests attractive and irresistible savings.

These special Economy fares would be applicable on flights operating from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain and Kuwait. Similarly, guests can enjoy the same attractive fares on flights operating from Kochi to Muscat, Doha, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi. These affordable fares are also available on flights from Delhi to Abu Dhabi and Thiruvananthapuram to Muscat.

These special fares for other Gulf routes valid for a sale period of 5 days only are listed below:

Sector Return Fare (INR) One Way Fare (INR)
Mumbai – Abu Dhabi 16,775 8,272
Mumbai – Bahrain 22,883 7,453
Mumbai – Kuwait 18,586 8,883
Kochi – Muscat 21,790 11,320
Thiruvananthapuram – Muscat 22,829 10,067
Kochi – Doha 23,060 9,527
Kochi – Sharjah 21,262 8,054
Delhi – Abu Dhabi 24,773 10,867

Jet Airways is also proud to introduce a second daily frequency on the Delhi – Dubai route. The flight will commence operations on January 18, 2013 and in order to celebrate the airlines’ expansion into the Gulf a range of attractive fares and packages have been customized on this second Delhi-Dubai frequency.

Guests flying on the 2nd frequency can enjoy an additional baggage allowance of 10kgs in Premiere cabin and 5kgs in Economy cabin for the Inbound Journey.

Guests can enjoy inaugural Premiere Class fares starting at Rs. 39,760 on the Delhi – Dubai route, as well as inaugural Economy class fares on the same route starting at Rs 18,000.* These attractive fares are valid for sale with immediate effect, until 11th January, 2013, with travel effective from January 18, 2013 onwards.

The introduction of this new flight between Delhi and Dubai further strengthens the presence of Jet Airways in the Indo-Gulf sector, making it one of the region’s leading carriers. The airline will deploy its new generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, offering twin class configuration of 16 Premiere and 138 Economy seating.

Flight 9W 546 will depart at 1115 hours and arrive Dubai at 1330 hrs (Local Time). On the return leg, flight 9W 545 will depart Dubai at 1425 hrs (LT) and arrive Delhi at 1855 hrs (LT). This new flight will provide convenient connections to guests travelling to and from northern India, as also from SAARC/ASEAN countries through the airline’s important HUB — Delhi.

This second service between Delhi and Dubai by Jet Airways enhances its connectivity to the UAE with a day time flight complementing the night flight presently operating between the national capital and the financial hub of the United Arab Emirates. Jet Airways presently operates four flights a day from Mumbai and a daily service from Delhi to Dubai. It also flies six times a week to Dubai from Mangalore.

Keeping with the famed Dubai Shopping Festival, Jet Airways’ has introduced exciting JetEscapes holidays for guests travelling for the Shopping Festival, till February 3rd, 2013.

The all-inclusive ‘Bonanza’ package starts from INR 32,490/-, and the ‘Extravaganza’ holiday package starts from INR 36,380/- respectively. Both packages include return air travel in Economy (inclusive of all taxes), Airport transfers, 3-Star Hotel accommodation with breakfast, City Tour, Travel Insurance and earns 5 JPMiles for every INR 100 spent on JetEscapes,

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said, “We are delighted to mark the start of 2013 with the introduction of a range of special fares, offering guests tremendous value in the New Year.. It is our way of saying thank you to our loyal guests who have made Jet Airways their preferred travel option to the Gulf. We are also happy to introduce a second service on the popular Delhi-Dubai route, which has seen a steady growth in both business and leisure traffic. This new daytime flight will provide easy connectivity for guests, especially from north India, flying to and from the United Arab Emirates,

The new service from Delhi will now complement the airline’s existing daily Gulf operations to Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, Kuwait, Muscat and Sharjah, as well as to Jeddah, Riyadh and Dammam from several cities in India.

*Fares are inclusive of all taxes (as on 7/1/13)

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 100 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 11 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 1 Airbus A330-300 aircraft , next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 18 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 6.06 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world. Flights to 73 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), Milan, Muscat, New York (Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

About JetKonnect

The new JetKonnect service is a dedicated product designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment. JetKonnect will also offer guests a Premiere service on nearly all domestic routes. With its mixed fleet of Boeings and ATR aircraft with over 500 daily flights connecting 52 destinations across India, JetKonnect provides more flexibility and choice to its guests. JetKonnect’s convenient schedules, reliable service and low fares promise to bring greater value and a seamless flying experience to our customers.

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