Jet Airways adds 15 additional weekly flights from Guwahati

Jet Airways, India’s full-service international airline, recently announced its plans to expand its presence in the North East and make Guwahati its regional gateway to/ from the region. The initiative forms a part of Jet Airways’ strategy to further strengthen its domestic footprint of 45 cities in the country, complementing its three hubs at Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru.

As part of the endeavour beginning this summer, Jet Airways will deepen its presence in select Indian cities in response to the rising demand for air travel being witnessed across the country and its network. The measure will not only boost connectivity to/from these select cities, enabling an ever greater number of guests to experience the airline’s product and service portfolio, but will also help in stimulating trade and commerce in the entire North Eastern region comprising the seven states.

Under its summer schedule, Jet Airways increases the number of weekly flights between the North Eastern region and the rest of the country to 184 – adding 30 new flights weekly. The new schedule features a combination of non-stop services – several of them on routes being introduced for the first time in the industry, as well as direct, one-stop services between new city pairs in the airline’s existing pan-India network, bolstering it further.

Strengthening connectivity between the country’s capital and the North Eastern region, Jet Airways introduces non-stop services including thrice-a-week flights to Aizawl and Jorhat and four times-a-week flights to Silchar from New Delhi. The airline also resumes its operations from Imphal, the capital of Manipur and an important city in the North Eastern region, commencing four times-a-week non-stop service to Imphal from Delhi. Delhi and Aizawl are now to be connected by a Jet Airways daily service.

Jet Airways also introduces direct flights between Mumbai – India’s financial capital and the North Eastern cities of Jorhat and Imphal, facilitating international access for guests travelling to/ from these cities. Imphal is also being connected with Pune through direct flights via Guwahati and Kolkata, enhancing access and connectivity further. In fact, Guwahati plays an instrumental role in this season’s connectivity facilitating non-stop daily flights to Bagdogra, Imphal and Mumbai.

Vinay Dube, chief executive officer, Jet Airways, said, “The demand for air travel is growing steadily across cities. This, together with our guests’ desire for seamless, non-stop connectivity, forms the basis for our services being offered during the summer schedule. The mix of new services – both non-stop as well as direct – between emerging cities, key metros and our hubs in Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru, will not just help cater to this demand, but will also facilitate quicker and more convenient movement of guests throughout our network – in India and abroad. I am sure our unique and differentiated services will reinforce Jet Airways’ place as the airline of choice in Indian skies, besides giving an impetus to connectivity, trade and development in all the cities in the North East, including Aizawl, Jorhat, Silchar, Imphal and Guwahati.”

Other Developments

Among other network enhancements, summer 2018 also sees Jet Airways connecting the holy city of Amritsar with non-stop and direct flights from its hubs in Mumbai and Bengaluru respectively for the first time. In fact, Bengaluru witnesses the addition of other new, non-stop flights connecting it to the bustling cities of Indore and Patna, reinforcing the city’s position as Jet Airways’ third domestic hub, after Mumbai and Delhi. For the first time, Jet Airways connects Patna with all its three hubs at Mumbai, Delhi and Bengaluru via non-stop services. While the airline connects the city to Bengaluru via daily services, connectivity to Mumbai is facilitated with a non-stop service on the weekend.

The airline also introduces new, non-stop services to Raipur and Chandigarh. Additionally, Jet Airways also begins a daily, non-stop service for the very first time – between Mumbai and Tiruchirappalli – Tamil Nadu’s famous temple city and a religious centre, aside from a new, direct service between Tiruchirappalli and Delhi.