Jet Airways to Increase Flights Between Singapore and Chennai

India’s Jet Airways is to launch a second daily Boeing 737-800 flight between Chennai and Singapore.

The new service effective 1 August 2013 will complement the night flight currently in operation, on the high demand Chennai-Singapore route.

The new Jet Airways service, flight 9W 14 will depart Chennai daily at 12:15 and arrive Singapore at 19:05.

On the return, flight 9W 13 will depart Singapore at 20:20 and arrive in Chennai at 22:05.

Jet Airways presently operates two flights out of Delhi and one flight each from Mumbai and Chennai.

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said, “Jet Airways is happy to introduce a second service on the high density Chennai-Singapore route following an increased demand due to tourist and business traffic. With the introduction of this additional service, we aim to popularise this amongst guests wanting seamless connectivity to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Vietnam via Singapore, with our codeshare partners. The new flight will also help in connecting our guests flying into Chennai from the south and other neighboring cities.”