Jet Airways Services to Gulf with Introduction of Daily Direct flights to Kochi-Doha and Mumbai-Muscat

Released on: April 11, 2008, 1:09 am

Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: April 03, 2008: Jet Airways, India's premier international
airline,today announced the enhancement of its services to Muscat and Doha.

Press Release Body: with the introduction of daily direct flights on the Kochi -
Doha and Mumbai-Muscat sectors, effective April 18 and April 21,2008 respectively.

Jet Airways' flight 9W 556 (Kochi-Doha) will depart Kochi International Airport at
2200 hrs, and arrive at Doha International Airport at 0020 hrs. On the return leg,
Jet Airways' flight 9W 555 (Doha-Kochi) will depart Doha International Airport at
0150 hrs and arrive at Kochi International Airport at 0850 hrs.

Jet Airways' flight 9W 540 (Mumbai-Muscat) will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport at 2230 hrs and arrive in Muscat's Seeb International Airport
at 2359 hrs. On the return leg, Jet Airways' flight 9W 539 (Muscat-Mumbai) will
depart Muscat's Seeb International Airport at 0050 hrs and arrive at Chhatrapati
Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 0505 hrs.

These flights will complement the airline's present daily services from Kozhikode
and Kochi to Muscat, as well as from Kozhikode and Mumbai to Doha respectively.Jet
Airways launched its operations to the Gulf in January 2008 and currently flies to
four destinations in the region- Kuwait,Bahrain,Muscat and Doha.

Announcing the launch of these new flights, Naresh Goyal,Chairman,Jet
Airways,said,"The India-Gulf sector has traditionally witnessed large volumes of
both business and labour traffic.Due to the encouraging passenger demand on these
sectors, the airline has decided to connect Mumbai-Muscat and Kochi-Doha with
daily,direct flights."

Jet Airways will introduce its world-class service on the Boeing 737-800 Next
Generation aircraft with Premiere and Economy class configuration, offering the
highest quality of comfort,courtesy, reliability and standards of in-flight as well
as ground operations,for which it has been highly acclaimed.

Jet Airways will also mark its first foray into the United Arab Emirates with
daily,direct flights from Mumbai and Delhi to Abu Dhabi on January 23,
2008,expanding its network of destinations in the Gulf Region to five.

*Timings may change

Jet Airways,the Spirit of New India:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 81 aircraft,which includes 10 Boeing
777-300 ER aircraft,8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation
Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 9 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.With
an average fleet age of 4.20 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft
fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 380 flights daily.

Jet Airways
Public Relations
New Delhi & Mumbai, India
April 2008

Jet Airways (I) Ltd

Ragini Chopra
Vice President - Corporate Communications & PR
New Delhi, India
Tel: +91-11-4164 5080
Fax: +91-11-4609 5084
raginic@jetairways.com

A.K. Sivanandan
Sr. General Manager - PR
New Delhi, India
Tel: +91-11-2652 3357
Fax: +91-11-2652 3348
asivanandan@jetairways.com

Srirupa Sen
Manager - PR
Mumbai, India
Tel: +91-22-2852 3648
Fax: +91-22-2920 4437
ssen@jetairways.com

Web Site: http://www.jetairways.com

Contact Details: Jet Airways (India) Ltd. S.M. Centre,
Andheri-Kurla Road,
Andheri (East),
Mumbai - 400059
India
Phone: +91 22 4019 1000
Fax: +91 22 2920 1313
pdriver@jetairways.com

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