Jet Airways, India's premier international airline will commence its daily services from Mumbai to San Francisco via Shanghai, effective June 14, 2008. Jet Airways will thus become the first Indian carrier to operate daily non-stop flights to Shanghai from Mumbai and onward to San Francisco. 

Jet Airways will become the first private Indian airline to connect the financial heart of India, Mumbai with "Everybody’s Favorite City," San Francisco. With the famed Silicon Valley to its south – the heart of America’s technology revolution has a large concentration of Indian IT professionals who have made an invaluable contribution towards Indo-American cooperation in high technology areas.

Jet Airways’ launch of these new flights will connect the economic and commercial hubs of Mumbai, Shanghai and San Francisco.  With the growing importance of trade and commerce between India & China and the strong presence of both the Chinese and Indian communities in San Francisco area,  Jet Airways’ will cater to large volumes of business and leisure travel between these cities.  Jet Airways’ flights to San Francisco via Shanghai will offer its passengers the advantage of reduced regular flying time, benefiting the business traveler

Jet Airways will operate these transpacific flights with the airline’s brand new Boeing 777-300ER aircraft which will offer unprecedented levels of luxury, privacy and comfort in the air, including First Class suites with the world's longest airline beds, private closets, dining tables for two, and 23" flat-screens. Première (business) class seats offer what are considered the most comfortable Business Class seats in the sky that convert to 73"-long totally flat beds. Leg-room in Economy is more generous than the norm - and passengers in all three classes have access to the state-of-the-art Panasonic eX2 entertainment system, complete with 200+ movies, games and endless music choices.


Jet Airways’ flight to San Francisco International Airport will also be the airline's fourth daily departure from India to North America, following new launches of service from New York's JFK and Newark airports, and Toronto Pearson International Airport, within the past year. San Francisco is a popular tourist and business destination and with the commencement of these new flights Jet Airways expects the route to prove one of its most popular sectors.
Announcing the launch of these new flights, Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said,  “With the introduction of Jet Airways’ new transpacific service to San Francisco via Shanghai, we continue our airline's unprecedented expansion throughout North America. This bares testimony to our team's accomplishments of launching four new long-haul routes in less than a year to North America. This takes forward, our Chairman’s, Naresh Goyal’s vision that’s by 2010, the airline should be rated among the top five airlines in the world.  Having changed the way people fly in India, we are now taking to the world our very own brand of service and style."


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For further information about the flight schedule, passengers are requested to contact the Jet Airways toll-free number on 3989-3333 or 18-00-22-55-22 or your travel agent or log onto our website: www.jetairways.com

About Jet Airways:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 82 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 10 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.39 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.

Flights to 60 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark) Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong,  Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Abu Dhabi, 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.

Jet Airways with the acquisition of JetLite, today has a combined fleet strength of 105 aircraft and offer customers a schedule of over 525 flights daily. 

Notes to the Editor: 


 About Shanghai

• Shanghai is considered the economic and cultural center of China.
  
• Although less than 2% of China’s population lives in Shanghai, the city contributes more than 11% of China’s total income.
  
• Fourteen of China’s 100 richest people either live in Shanghai or have a business based in the city.
  
• Shanghai is one of the world's busiest ports, and became the largest cargo port in the world in 2005.

About San Francisco.

• The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city in California and between the twelfth and fourteenth most populous city in the United States.
  
• The area dotted with landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars and Alcatraz, makes San Francisco a popular tourist and business destination.
  
• San Francisco enjoys one of the most ethnically and culturally diverse populations – and a highly educated workforce – of any major city worldwide.
  
• World-class educational and research facilities positively impact the Bay Area’s economy by serving as centers for learning excellence and by attracting
  millions of dollars in research grants.

About Jet Airways’ First Class.

• Each Jet Airways First Class suite, on the airline’s Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, is designed to allow dining for two with a VIP/Business Jet style table, multiple LED lighting options, variable lumbar support and an eight point massage system. The First Class suites have been manufactured by BE Aerospace.
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• The state-of-the-art In-Flight Panasonic eX2 Entertainment system offers passengers over 200 hours of Hollywood and Bollywood movies, regional films, television and short programming, audio CD’s covering every imaginable music genre and much, much more; all on demand and all heard through Bose noise cancellation headphones.
  
• For those wishing to work, laptop power and in flight telephones are available with the unique ability to send SMS and Email.
  
• Befitting what is arguably the finest First Class product in the sky; menu choices are exquisite and extensive and are plated on hand painted Bernardaud porcelain dinnerware. The finest of French Champagnes, including vintage Dom Perignon and Krug, the finest wines from around the world and a library of single malt whiskies will all be served in Mikasa crystal.

About Jet Airways’ Première (Business Class):

• Jet Airways’ Première product, installed on the airline’s Boeing B777-300ER aircraft, sets new standards in business class travel.

• The airline’s Première seats feature a unique herringbone configuration for all passengers.

• The Première seat also provides an oversized table, laptop power, telephony, SMS, Email and live text news to deliver a flying office for those Première passengers wanting to work.

• Première passengers are also treated to the finest of in-flight dining and service, featuring vintage French Champagnes, carefully selected wines from around the world and an overwhelming selection of Indian and Non-Indian cuisine. The Première cabin in both the widebody aircraft also sports a unique bar