BY MOHAMMAD SHOEB
DOHA: India’s largest private airline, Jet Airways, yesterday said that it will launch an additional flight to Mumbai from November 5 this year and start operations to Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram in the southern Indian state of Kerala from December 1.
“We are pleased to announce three more flights from Doha to India in the coming months. This is in addition to our existing flights to Mumbai, Cochin and Delhi,” Anil Srinivasan, General Manager of Jet Airways-Qatar, told The Peninsula.
The new flights will have a daily frequency. The airline has also announced schedules of the flights from Doha.
The flight from Mumbai (9W 560) will depart at 0120 hours and arrive in Doha at 0245, while flight 9W 559 will depart from Doha at 0345 to arrive in Mumbai at 0930.
Flight 9W 596 from Kozhikode will depart at 1850 and arrive in Doha at 2050. Flight 9W 595 will depart from Doha at 1120 to arrive in Kozhikode at1750.
Flight 9W 593 for Thiruvananthapuram will depart from Doha at 2150 to arrive in Thiruvananthapuram at 0445. Flight 9W 594 from Thiruvananthapuram will depart at 0745 to reach Doha at 1005. All the times in the flight schedule are local.
The cash-strapped Indian carrier is looking forward to a major expansion of its international services. The airline has wide operations within India, but due to stiff competition, a price war with budget carriers and high prices of aviation fuel, it reported a huge loss of Rs41.29bn (about $678.9m) during the 2013-2014 fiscal year.
According to reports, there are plans for new services to Dubai from Kochi and Mumbai; and to Abu Dhabi from Ahmedabad, Lucknow and Goa.
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