Jet Airways Commences Daily Flights To Muscat From Thiruvananthapuram

Released on: September 18, 2008, 2:38 am

Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: September 15,2008:Jet Airways launched its daily direct
services between Thiruvananthapuram and Muscat,connecting the capital cities of the
Indian state of Kerala & the Sultanate of Oman respectively.

Press Release Body: The maiden flight took off on its inaugural services on the
sector with a full complement of passengers, on-board its state-of-the-art,
internationally-configured Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a two-class configuration:
Première and Economy.

With the launch of this new flight, the airline now has three daily services to
Muscat from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Mumbai in India.

Jet Airways’ flight 9W 530 (Thiruvananthapuram-Muscat) departed Thiruvananthapuram
at 0815 hrs,arriving in Muscat at 1030 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 529
(Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram) will depart Muscat at 0155 hrs, arriving in
Thiruvananthapuram at 0700 hrs.

Commenting on the launch of these services, Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial
Officer, Jet Airways said, “In a remarkably short span of time, Jet Airways has
established a dominant presence on the important Kerala-West Asia sector, on the
strength of its superior in-flight product and service standards.In a bid to further
enhance its connectivity on this sector, and in line with passenger demand, the
airline is proud to be the first private Indian airline to connect Muscat and
Thiruvananthapuram.”

With the launch of this new flight,Jet Airways now flies to six destinations in the
Gulf (Kuwait,Bahrain,Muscat,Doha,Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from five gateway points in
India: Kozhikode,Kochi,Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai and Delhi.

About Jet Airways:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 85 aircraft,which includes 10 Boeing
777-300 ER aircraft,10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft,54 classic and next generation
Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 11 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.With
an average fleet age of 4.45 years,the airline has one of the youngest aircraft
fleet in the world.Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.

About JetLite:

JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by
Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as a value based Airline,JetLite promises to
offer value for money fares.JetLite currently operates a fleet of 24 aircraft,which
includes 17 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series.JetLite
operates 141 flights every day to 30 domestic destinations and 2 international
destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo).

Jet Airways with the acquisition of JetLite,today has a combined fleet strength of
109 aircraft and offer customers a schedule of over 526 flights daily.

Jet Airways
Public Relations
New Delhi & Mumbai,India
September 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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