Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will connect two globally prominent financial and commercial hubs with the commencement of its daily, direct services between Mumbai and Hong Kong, effective April 14, 2008.
With the introduction of this flight aimed at the business and banking community, as well as leisure travelers who travel between the two cities in large numbers, Jet Airways will now fly to 60 destinations.
Jet Airways’ flight 9W 42 (Mumbai-Hong Kong) will depart Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 0100 hrs and arrive at Hong Kong International Airport at 0915 hrs. The return flight, 9W 41 (Hong-Kong-Mumbai) will depart Hong Kong International Airport at 1905 hrs and arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 2310 hrs.
Jet Airways’ flight timings on this route have been carefully planned to offer optimum convenience to the business traveler with an early morning arrival into Hong Kong and return to Mumbai/India by end of day.
Announcing the launch of this new flight, Naresh Goyal, Chairman, Jet Airways said, “Hong Kong, as the gateway to South China, is a very important destination for Jet Airways given the large volume of business and leisure travel between the two financial capitals. Moreover, we believe that there is great potential in the India-Hong Kong sector for an airline such as ours that combines superb service with world-class reliability and efficiency.”
Jet Airways will deploy its brand-new Airbus 330-200 aircraft with a two-class configuration, Première and Economy, on the Mumbai-Hong Kong-Mumbai sectors.
Première passengers will enjoy the comforts of Jet Airways’ unique herringbone seat configuration, which makes every seat an aisle seat. Besides converting to 180 degree flat beds with lumbar support and massage systems, Première seats also offer the busy business traveler oversized tables, laptop power, telephony, SMS, Email and live text news.
Economy passengers will enjoy seats more spacious than the norm and ergonomically designed to reduce stress and strain for perhaps the most comfortable ride in its class.
For the leisure traveler, Jet Airways’ offers exotic holiday packages from ‘Jet Escapes’ with attractive options to suit every budget for discovering Hong Kong, Disney, Macau etc.
Jet Airways, the Spirit of New India:
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 81 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 9 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.20 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 380 flights daily.
Flights to 59 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark) Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat and Doha. The airline plans to extend its international operations to other cities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia in phases with the introduction of additional wide-body aircraft into its fleet.
