Bombay - Hong Kong flights from Jet Airways

4 April, 2008:

Jet Airways Mumbai (Bombay)-Hong Kong flight services start from April 14. Jet Airways has aimed the latest Hong Kong flight route at business travellers, tourist traffic and the banking community traveling in the India. Customers can book their tickets on the Jet Airways website or through travel agents. Detailed fares and schedules are also available on the Jet Airways website.

The Hong Kong flight from Bombay by Jet Airways' (flight number 9W 42 departure time from Bombay's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport is 0100 hours at night. Its arrival time at the Hong Kong International Airport is at 0915 hours in the morning. The return flight from Hong Kong, flight number 9W 41 (Hong-Kong-Mumbai) will depart Hong Kong International Airport at 1905 hrs in the evening and arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 2310 hours at night. Are schedules are in local time.

Jet Airways expects that the key flight connection between the two commercial and financial hubs in Asia will help it reap benefits. The Mumbai-Hong Kong direct flights makes Hong Kong the 60th destination that Jet will fly to.

For the Mumbai-Hong Kong flight, Jet Airways will deploy a mint-fresh Airbus 330-200 plane which has a two-class configuration, Première and Economy. Passengers in the Première class to Hong Kong will be treated to the delights of Jet Airways' herringbone seat configuration, which makes every seat an aisle seat.

According to Jet Airways, the Mumbai-Hong Kong flight timings have been carefully scheduled to give optimum convenience to the business traveler with an early morning arrival in Hong Kong and return to Mumbai/India by the end of day.

Jet Airways already operates international flights to New York (both JFK and Newark) Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat and Doha.

Said Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal, chairman about the Bombay -Hong Kong flight: "Hong Kong, as the gateway to South China, is a very important destination for Jet Airways given the large volume of business and leisure flight travel between the two financial capitals. Moreover, we believe that there is great potential in the India-Hong Kong sector for an airline such as ours that combines superb service with world-class reliability and efficiency."

In the Première class, travelers get to enjoy facilities like large tables, power for laptops, telephony, SMS, Email and live news. Spacious, well-designed seats await the travellers in the Economy class.

Jet has also announced an inaugural 25% discount scheme for the Mumbai-Hong Kong flight tickets. passengers can redeem their JPMiles at 25% discount for award travel in Economy or Premiere on the new Mumbai to Hong Kong route.