Jet Airways Increases Services to Chennai

Effective February 15, 2009, India’s Jet Airways will launch a new daily service on the Coimbatore / Kochi - Chennai sectors, enhancing the airline’s existing services to Tamil Nadu’s capital from the two southern cities. This follows the induction of the airline’s 13th ATR 72-500 aircraft into its fleet.

The airline currently operates twice daily services on the Coimbatore - Chennai sector and a daily service on the Kochi - Chennai sector.

The new services will be daily, same-day return flights on the Coimbatore / Kochi - Chennai sectors, aboard Jet Airways’ brand new, all-economy ATR 72-500 aircraft.

Jet Airways flight 9W 3584 will depart Chennai at 0700 hrs, arriving in Coimbatore at 0810 hrs. Flight 9W 3585 will depart Coimbatore at 0840 hrs, arriving in Chennai at 0950 hrs.

Jet Airways flight 9W 3588 will depart Chennai at 1800 hrs, arriving in Kochi at 1930 hrs. Flight 9W 3589 will depart Kochi at 2000 hrs, arriving in Chennai at 2130 hrs.

From Chennai, passengers may connect onto the airline’s daily services to North America (Newark, JFK and Toronto), its European hub in Brussels, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo. Jet Airways also offers services to several European destinations, via Brussels, through its code-share partner, Brussels airlines.

Commenting on the launch of the new services, Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways said, “With the Chennai-Coimbatore/Kochi sectors registering impressive growth in passenger traffic, the new services will cater to the domestic demand on these routes, while ensuring seamless connections to and from North America, Europe and Asia for international travelers from these two southern cities.”

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