Jet Airways Links Financial Capitals of Asia, Mumbai and Hong Kong with Daily Flight on April 14, 2008
Released on: April 8, 2008, 11:02 pm
Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver
Industry: Transportation & Logistics
Press Release Summary: April 03, 2008: Jet Airways will connect two globally prominent financial and commercial hubs with the commencement of its daily,direct services between Mumbai and Hong Kong, effective April 14, 2008.
Press Release Body: With the introduction of this flight aimed at the business and banking community, as well as leisure travelers who travel between the two cities in large numbers, Jet Airways will now fly to 60 destinations.
Jet Airways' flight 9W 42 (Mumbai-Hong Kong) will depart Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 0100 hrs and arrive at Hong Kong International Airport at 0915 hrs. The return flight, 9W 41 (Hong-Kong-Mumbai) will depart Hong Kong International Airport at 1905 hrs and arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 2310 hrs.
Jet Airways' flight timings on this route have been carefully planned to offer optimum convenience to the business traveler with an early morning arrival into Hong Kong and return to Mumbai/India by end of day.
Announcing the launch of this new flight, Naresh Goyal, Chairman, Jet Airways said, "Hong Kong, as the gateway to South China, is a very important destination for Jet Airways given the large volume of business and leisure travel between the two financial capitals. Moreover, we believe that there is great potential in the India-Hong Kong sector for an airline such as ours that combines superb service with world-class reliability and efficiency."
Jet Airways will deploy its brand-new Airbus 330-200 aircraft with a two-class configuration, Première and Economy, on the Mumbai-Hong Kong-Mumbai sectors.
Première passengers will enjoy the comforts of Jet Airways' unique herringbone seat configuration, which makes every seat an aisle seat. Besides converting to 180 degree flat beds with lumbar support and massage systems, Première seats also offer the busy business traveler oversized tables, laptop power, telephony, SMS, Email and live text news.
Economy passengers will enjoy seats more spacious than the norm and ergonomically designed to reduce stress and strain for perhaps the most comfortable ride in its class.
For the leisure traveler, Jet Airways' offers exotic holiday packages from 'Jet Escapes' with attractive options to suit every budget for discovering Hong Kong, Disney, Macau etc. For further information on these exclusive holiday packages, please visit: www.jetairways.com.
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