Jet Airways (Johannesburg) will suspend all service to Johannesburg, South Africa on June 12, probably due to new competition from Emirates. The Indian carrier has been serving JNB for the past two years.
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Jet Airways (Mumbai) is seeking Indian government approval to expand its international operations from the current 370 flights a week to 518 flights a week by the winter of 2012 (close to Air India) according to this report by the Economic Times.
According to the report, the carrier wants to add 35 new flights to Germany and seven to both France and Belgium, in addition to seven each to Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sharjah and Vietnam.
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Jet Airways (Mumbai) will retire the Jetlite brand on March 25. Jetlite operates 19 Boeing 737 aircraft.
The company issued the following statement:
As part of a strategic rebranding exercise, Jet Airways, Indiaโs premier international airline, will consolidate its low fare service products under the JetKonnect brand to simplify the groupโs service proposition and enhance brand recall. Thus, effective March 25, the erstwhile JetLite and Jet Airways Konnect services will operate under the JetKonnect brand, enabling guests to avail of a single superior in-flight product in the full service (Jet Airways) and low-fare (JetKonnect) categories.
Jet Airways (India) Limited and JetLite (India) Limited, will continue as distinct business entities operating under their own airline operating permits. All low-fare operations will be consolidated under the JetKonnect brand. The Jetlite aircraft will be repainted in the brand of JetKonnect.
“In an attempt to achieve brand consistency, JetKonnect will be the dedicated low fare service with a mixed fleet of Boeings and ATR aircraft to operate on metro, tier II and III routes.
The aircraft will be duly painted in JetKonnect colours over time. JetKonnect will offer Premiere services on certain routes where guests may enjoy service identical to that enjoyed by Premiere guests on Jet Airways. This will be further expanded in a phased manner. The cockpit and cabin crew will don the same uniform as their counterparts from Jet Airways. Some JetKonnect flights will operate under the S2 code, while others will have flight numbers prefixed by the 9W code. 9W and S2 will also continue their existing Codeshare agreement enabling guests to enjoy seamless connectivity between India and the world.
A gradual rebranding of the JetKonnect brand would be manifest on letterheads, the JetKonnect website, boarding passes, tickets, stationery. Signages at all check-in and ticketing counters will have dual branding reflecting the existing Jet Airways and the new JetKonnect logos. Difference in fares between the premier Jet Airways and JetKonnect will also be reflected on the website and all visible communication avenues. Economy guests onboard JetKonnect flights will continue to be offered a range of refreshments from Jet Cafe, JetKonnect’s buy-on-board meal service.
Effective March 26, 2012 guests to jetlite.com would be automatically redirected to the new, re-branded jetkonnect.com.”
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Jet Airways (Mumbai) will start the Delhi-Damman (Saudi Arabia) route on March 17. The new route will be operated four days a week with Boeing 737-800s according to Airline Route.
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Jetlite Boeing 737-8Q8 WL VT-SJH (msn 30695) BOM (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.Jet Airways (Mumbai) intends to merge the low-fare, no-frills Jetlite subsidiary into the two-class Jet Connect subsidiary. As a result the pictured Jetlite brand and service will be retired according to this article by Business Standard. Jetlite currently operates 10 Boeing 737-700s and nine 737-800s.
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Jetlite Boeing 737-8Q8 WL VT-SJH (msn 30695) BOM (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jet Airways (Mumbai) (a Boeing customer from the start) intends to lease more than 10 Airbus A320s to replace subsidiary Jetlite’s Boeing fleet according to this report by The Economic Times. Jetlite currently operates nine 737-700s and nine 737-800s.
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Jetlite Boeing 737-8Q8 WL VT-SJH (msn 30695) BOM (Ton Jochems), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jet AIrways (Mumbai) intends to loan its Jetlite (Mumbai) subsidiary $9.6 million by the end of March 2012 to keep the loss-making airline flying according to this report by the WSJ.
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Jet Airways Boeing 777-35R ER N834BA (VT-JEL) (msn 36563) PAE (Nick Dean), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jet Airways (Mumbai) will redeploy the Boeing 777-300 ER on the Mumbai-Newark route starting in September.
On the financial side, the carrier posted a $44 million loss for the fiscal fourth quarter ending on March 31.
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Jet Airways Boeing 777-35R ER VT-JEJ (msn 35161) LHR (Keith Burton), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jet Airways (Mumbai) produced a $2.8 million profit in its fiscal second quarter. Read the full story in the Times of India:
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Jet Airways Boeing 737-85R WL VT-JBS (msn 36698) BFI (Joe G. Walker) (new delivery), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.
Jet Airways (Mumbai) is considering joining the SkyTeam Alliance according to this article by Aviation Week.
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