Jet Airways Konnect new flights from Kolkata to five Indian cities soon
Jet Airways Konnect, the new all-economy-class arm of Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, is starting five new services from May 20, 2009.
Four of Jet Airways Konnect’s new services will be from Kolkata in eastern India to other cities in eastern India.
The fifth service will be on the Kolkata-Bangalore route.
Jet Airways Konnect said in a statement that it aims to increase air connectivity with north-eastern India with flights on the Kolkata-Jorhat, Kolkata-Agartala, Kolkata-Guwahati, and Guwahati-Agartala sectors.
Jet Airways Konnect was launched as recently as May 8, 2009.
At present, the all-economy-class airline operates a fleet of 6 ATR 72-500 aircraft and 2 Boeing 737-800 planes.
Jet Airways Konnect, which offers fares lower than its full-service parent airline Jet Airways, currently connects four major metros in India – Mumbai, Delhi, Banglaore and Chennai to a number of destinations across the country, including Kochi, Pune, Hyderabad, Coimbatore, Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Bhopal and Amritsar.
Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO of Jet Airways, explained that “there is latent demand for a quality, all-economy-class service on several key domestic routes.”
“With the successful introduction of Jet Airways Konnect’s new service based on strong demand,” Prock-Schauer added, “we are confident that our new flights will be in perfect sync with prevailing passenger needs and will be received very well.”
The website business-standard.com quoted co-founder of travel portal Yatra.com Bhawna Aggarwal as saying, “Since full-service airlines cannot decrease their prices to the level of low-cost carriers, the strategy is to either introduce an all-economy brand or shift flights to the low-cost arm.”
“We are expecting healthy sales on Jet Airways Konnect,” she added.
Jet Airways Konnect flies to Bhopal, Udaipu, Ahmedaba, Bhavnagar, Jodhpur, Chennai, Kochi, Vadodara, and Jaipur, from Mumbai.
From Delhi, Jet Airways Konnect flies to Amritsar and Vadodara.
Jet Airways Konnecy flies to Madurai, Kochi, Coimbatore and Bengaluru, from Chennai. The airline flies to Mangalor, Pune, Hyderabad, and Kolkata, from Bengaluru.
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Akshit Sharma said on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, 5:54
In to days world where people are facing the financial crisis, it was necessary to premier airlines to start low cost or economical air services. this will help airlines also to cover the daily loss. and travelers will also get benefit.
Jet airways Konnect will have 100 flights daily now..