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Jet Airways - Definition and Overview


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Jet Airways (established May 5, 1993) is a domestic airline in India. It is the largest private airline in India. It uses the IATA call code 9W.

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About the airline

Boeing 737-900 purchased by Jet in 2003
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Boeing 737-900 purchased by Jet in 2003

It operates over 250 flights to 44 destinations across the country. Jet is generally thought to have the best safety standards and reputation of all airlines operating within India.

It has alliances with the following International Airlines:

Majority of its flights are operated out of its Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai. Now with their alliances they offer direct check-in, including baggage transfer, for connecting International flights at various airports.

History

Jet Airways started in 1993 was with an fleet of 4 Boeing 737-300 aircrafts. It had 24 daily flights serving 12 destinations.

Today it is serving 44 desinations in India with 250 flights. In 2002/2003 it had a market share of 46%.

Fleet

Jet Airways fleet is comprised of variants of Boeing 737 and ATR 72. As of October 27, 2004, the total fleet count 41, divided as follows :

Destinations

Its 44 destinations include most of the big cities in India. It also flies to Kathmandu in Nepal and Colombo in Sri Lanka.

They are also planning to fly to Dhaka in Bangladesh. More recently, Jet Airways has been given the permission to fly daily to London's Heathrow Airport and the flights are expected to commence from March 2005.

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