Jet Airways experiences 33% rise in passenger traffic
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Jet Airways, India’s premier airline, today reported a 33 % increase in its domestic passenger traffic for the month of November 2009, as compared to the same period last year. The airlines’ international passenger traffic has also registered a growth of 19% on a seat factor of 81.9% in November 2009.
JetLite the wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd has also done remarkably well in increasing its passenger traffic by 22% and a seat factor of 76.7% in the month of November 2009.
Mr. Nikos Kardassis, Chief Executive Officer, Jet Airways (I) Ltd said, “Our improved performance in November 2009 is largely due to the contributions of our team of highly dedicated professionals and the coming together of a series of strategic restructuring initiatives being implemented by the airline over the last year. The restructuring involved a series of route rationalizations, trimming of strategic costs, streamlining of processes, addition of new routes and an enhanced customer experience. Additionally, a number of marketing and network initiatives have resulted increased payloads and led to a robust growth in traffic despite the all-round fall in global air travel.”
Kardassis added, “Jet Airways Konnect launched this year was our flexible, pragmatic response to the downshift in demand across several domestic routes, which saw a shift in demand from full-service to low-cost due to the global slowdown. With business loads down, Jet Airways Konnect enables Jet Airways to offer passengers a quality, low-fare product, with the option of re-introducing business class seats when demand for the same picks up. Jet Airways continues to be the preferred choice of travel for international and domestic routes recording a higher load factor and enhanced yields helped by innovative pricing to match capacity with demand.”
As part of the company’s strategic expansion program, the airline has also introduced new routes for its guests connecting Delhi - Chennai / Patna / Raipur and additional services on the Mumbai - Coimbatore in the domestic sector. On the international sector, Jet Airways has enhanced its connectivity with the introduction of a new Mumbai - Kathmandu service with its new - generation Boeing 737 aircraft and increased frequency on the Delhi - Kathmandu sector. The airline will also introduce a new Mumbai - Dhaka service on December 23rd 2009. Both these services will offer travelers seamless connectivity to several destinations across India, as well as to the Gulf, North America, Europe and ASEAN.
In a bid to create a larger customer base and offer enhanced services to its international and domestic travelers, Jet Airways plans to develop Delhi and Mumbai as major hubs to international destinations.
Jet Airways has entered into codeshare agreements with top airlines like American Airlines, Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, Brussels Airlines, Etihad Airways, Emirates, JetLite, Malaysia Airlines, Qantas Airways, Virgin Atlantic, thus increasing capacity and providing enhanced connectivity for their guests.
About Jet Airways
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 88 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 52 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.54 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.
Flights to 61 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, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah and Riyadh.
About Jet Airways Konnect
Jet Airways Konnect is Jet Airways’ all-economy service on key domestic routes, designed to meet the needs of the low fare segment.
Jet Airways Konnect links five major metros- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata – with several destinations across India.
Jet Airways Konnect operates over 195 flights daily. Jet Airways and its all-economy, no-frills Jet Airways Konnect service together operates over 300 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 an all-economy airline, JetLite offers value for money fares. JetLite operates a fleet of 23 aircraft, which includes 16 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series. The airline flies to 28 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), operating over 110 flights a day, on average.
Jet Airways, JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect, its all-economy, no-frills service, has a combined fleet strength of 111 aircraft and operates over 410 flights daily.
Public Relations
Jet Airways (I) Ltd.
New Delhi and Mumbai, India
December 2009
Ragini Chopra A.K. Sivanandan
Vice President Sr. General Manager
Corporate Communications & Public Relations
Public Relations New Delhi, India
New Delhi, India Tel.: +91 11 2652 3357
Tel.: +91 11 4164 5080 Fax: +91 11 2652 3348
Fax: +91 11 4609 5084 asivanandan@jetairways.com
raginic@jetairways.com
Srirupa Sen Minal Naik
Manager Head – Key Relationships
Corporate Communications & Guests & Media
Public Relations Mumbai, India
Mumbai, India Tel: +91 22 40191152
Tel.: +91 22 2852 3648 Fax: +91 22 2920 4522
Fax: +91 22 2920 4437 mnaik@jetairways.com
ssen@jetairways.com
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