Jet Airways, India’s premier airline, as part of its expansion plans in the eastern region will introduce a daily morning service to Port Blair and add a fourth evening frequency to Delhi, with plans to operate a daily flight to Bangkok from January 2007.

“The city of joy has always been an integral part of our network and we are now pleased to announce expansion of our operations in view of the increasing traffic in the eastern region”, said Chief Executive Officer, Mr.Wolfgang Prock-Schauer at a Press Conference in Kolkata today. Effective November 11, 2006, Jet Airways will  operate a daily flight to Port Blair. The Boeing 737-700 flight 9W 629 will depart at 0500 hrs and reach Port Blair at 0700 hrs and on the return leg 9W 630 will leave Port Blair at 0735 hrs and reach Kolkata at 0935 hrs.

Mr Prock-Schauer said, “We are pleased to announce that ever since bookings have opened the flight between Kolkata and Port Blair has been fully booked for the next three months, which shows the enormous traffic potential that exists on this sector. It is also a reflection on the quality of the product and service offered by Jet Airways.

Jet Airways, for the convenience of its passengers will also operate an early evening service on the Kolkata-Delhi sector from December 1, 2006. The flight 9W 913 will depart Kolkata at 1750 hrs and reach Delhi at 2000 hrs. On the return sector, flight 9W 914 will leave Delhi at 2040 hrs and reach Kolkata at 2250 hrs.

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