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Jet Airways to launch Gulf operations

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Jet Airways to launch Gulf operations
(CAPA) Jet Airways was granted traffic rights on India-Gulf/Middle East routes, effective 01-Jan-08, breaking the monopoly of state-owned Indian carriers on the routes. Jet Airways received the following capacity allocations:
  • Qatar: 2,100 seats per week - 1,050 on the Mumbai-Doha route and 1,050 on the Kozhikode-Doha sector;
  • Kuwait: 3,682 seats - 1,582 on the Delhi route, 1,050 for Thiruvananthapuram and 1,050 for Kochi;
  • Oman: 3,150 seats - 1,050 on the Kochi-Muscat route, 1,050 for Thiruvananthapuram and 1,050 for Kozhikode;
  • Bahrain: 2,100 seats - 1,050 for the Mumbai route and 1,050 for Kochi.
Jet also applied for rights to Abu Dhabi and Dubai, but these are still under consideration.

Date posted: 17-Sep-07

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