Jet Airways Enters Into Frequent Flyer Partnership With All Nippon Airways

Released on: May 23, 2008, 3:34 am

Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: May 20, 2008: Jet Airways' JetPrivilege, India's largest
frequent flyer programme, has entered into a frequent-flyer partnership with All
Nippon Airways (ANA), effective May 21, 2008.

Press Release Body: With this partnership, JetPrivilege members will have additional
opportunities to earn and redeem their JPMiles on ANA marketed and operated flights
to over 50 destinations in Japan and 27 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the
United States.

JetPrivilege members will also earn JPMiles while traveling on the Jet Airways
codeshare flight between Mumbai and Tokyo Narita, on the ANA operated daily business
jet flights.

This partnership will also allow ANA's Mileage Club members to earn and redeem their
miles on Jet Airways' over 385 daily flights to 43 destinations in India and 17
international destinations.

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Gaurang Shetty - Senior Vice President -
Alliances & Interline Distribution, Jet Airways said, "Jet Airways is delighted to
further enhance its partnership with ANA, an airline whose commitment to excellence
closely mirrors ours. I am certain that the code-share agreement between the two
airlines will be popular with passengers,
and with the added incentive of this attractive frequent-flyer programme, I am
confident that the two airlines will eventually account for a significant percentage
of traffic on the India-Japan sector."

About JetPrivilege:

Jet Airways' JetPrivilege is India's largest frequent flyer programme with over 49
partners worldwide in eight partner categories. There are 15 airline partners which
include Air France, American Airlines, Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines,Cathay
Pacific, Dragonair, Gulf Air, JetLite, KLM, Lufthansa, Northwest, Qantas, South
African, SWISS, Virgin Atlantic and now ANA.

JetPrivilege also has a list of superior partners in finance, hotels, car rentals,
retail, publishing, lifestyle & telecommunication.

About Jet Airways:

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 385 flights daily.

Flights to 60 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond,
including New York (both JFK and Newark)Toronto,Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong
Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait,
Bahrain,Muscat,Doha and Abu Dhabi. The airline plans to extend its international
operations to other cities in North America, Europe,Africa and Asia in phases with
the introduction of additional wide-body aircraft into its fleet.

About ANA:

Ranked among the top 10 airlines in the world, carrying 50 million passengers every
year to 50 destinations in Japan and 27 cities throughout Asia, Europe and the
United States, ANA is recognised for outstanding passenger service both on the
ground and in the air. In the greatest Japanese tradition of mixing hospitality
with high technology, personalised à la carte service complements state-of-the-art
entertainment systems and the latest in cabin design.ANA has been in the airline
business for over 50 years,and combined with ANA Group companies its activities
extend across a host of complete travel and aviation-related services.It is the
launch customer of the Boeing 787 and Mitsubishi MRJ, which will complement its
present fleet of over 210 aircraft,including 120 wide-bodies.

As a member of Star Alliance, the world\'s foremost airline alliance, ANA passengers
enjoy access to a network of 965 airport
destinations in 162 countries, and reciprocal benefits such as mileage accrual and
redemption, and lounge access.

Jet Airways
Public Relations
New Delhi & Mumbai, India
May 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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