MUMBAI: Jet Airways plans to add 42 weekly flights connecting three new city pairs — Nagpur and Delhi, Lucknow and Kolkata, and Kozhikode and Bengaluru. This is part of the airline’s plans to strengthen its network to meet the growing demand between metros and emerging cities, Jet Airways said in a statement.
The move is also aimed at catering to the expected surge in demand during the summer holidays, it added. The airline will also increase frequency of flights between the busy Delhi-Amritsar and Mumbai-Kolkata routes and boost capacity on the Delhi-Bengaluru and Delhi-Bhopal routes by introducing the wide-body Airbus A330 and Boeing 737, respectively.
Jayaraj Shanmugam, chief commercial officer, Jet Airways, said, “Our summer schedule has been meticulously planned to meet the expected surge in demand over the holidays. New flights, additional frequencies, greater capacity including the introduction of wide-body services across more sectors are meant to offer our guests greater choice and added comfort.