Jet Airways plans to acquire 6-7 new narrow body aircraft to be deployed on domestic and select international routes.
As per a report in DNA, the aircarfts will be used in such a way that the domestic leg is completed during day time and international destinations (nearby countries) can be serviced at night.
In the next three years the airline plans to add as many as 24 aircraft but some of these additions would be through replacements under sale and leaseback. Airline officials said that the 6-7 narrow bodies for this year would be completely new additions.
Jet has already received traffic rights for a daily service between Mumbai and Manila in the Philippines and is expected to launch this during the upcoming winter schedule. Besides, a daily Delhi -Amsterdam service is also on the agenda from this winter.
Officials said the Manila flight will also offer enhanced connectivity to Gulf countries and so Jet plans to simultaneously increase frequencies of its flights to the Gulf region, too. “There are no new flights to either Europe or North America for now. But the Manila daily service will provide good connectivity to Gulf passengers. We plan to add 2-3 flights daily to the Gulf region this winter, where we already do 12-15 flights a day,” officials said.
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