DRMumbai: Jet Airways has announced its plans to expand its presence in the North East and make Guwahati its regional gateway to/ from the region. The initiative forms a part of Jet Airways’ strategy to further strengthen its domestic footprint in 45 cities in the country, complementing its three hubs at Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.
As part of the endeavour beginning this summer, Jet Airways will deepen its presence in select Indian cities in response to the rising demand for air travel being witnessed across the country and its network. Under its summer schedule, Jet Airways will increase the number of weekly flights between the North Eastern region and the rest of the country to 184 – adding 30 new flights weekly.
The new schedule features a combination of non-stop services – several of them on the routes being introduced for the first time in the industry, as well as direct, one-stop services between new city pairs in the airline’s existing pan-India network.
Vinay Dube, Chief Executive Officer, Jet Airways, said, “The demand for air travel is growing steadily across cities. This, together with our guests’ desire for seamless, non-stop connectivity, forms the basis for our services being offered during the summer schedule. The mix of new services – both non-stop as well as direct – between emerging cities, key metros and our hubs in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, will not just help cater to this demand, but will also facilitate quicker and more convenient movement of guests throughout our network – in India and abroad.”
Among other network enhancements, summer 2018 also sees Jet Airways connecting Amritsar with non-stop and direct flights from its hubs in Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively for the first time. Bengaluru witnesses the addition of other new, non-stop flights connecting it to Indore and Patna.
For the first time, Jet Airways connects Patna with all its three hubs at Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru via non-stop services. While the airline connects the city to Bengaluru via daily services, connectivity to Mumbai is facilitated with a non-stop service on the weekend.
