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Swiss to begin service to Beirut, operated by Edelweiss

Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) will launch its first-ever nonstop service between Zurich and the Lebanese capital of Beirut on December 2, 2021. Lebanon’s economic and cultural centre will receive two SWISS flights a week, on Thursdays and Sundays.

From December 2021 to mid-January 2022 the new Zurich-Beirut services will be operated by Edelweiss Air on SWISS’s behalf under a wet-lease agreement. The flights will be performed with Airbus A320 aircraft offering 174 passenger seats. From mid-January to the end of March 2022, SWISS will operate the new services with its own aircraft equipment. The flying time between Zurich and Beirut is about four hours.

Schedules planned (all times local):

2021/22 winter timetable period

Zurich – Beirut LX 222 13:00 – 17:50 Thu

Beirut – Zurich LX 223 18:40 – 21:55 Thu

Zurich – Beirut LX 222 07:20 – 12:10 Sun

Beirut – Zurich LX 223 13:00 – 16:15 Sun

Top Copyright Photo: Edelweiss Switzerland (Edelweiss Air) Airbus A320-214 HB-IHY (msn 947) AYT (Ton Jochems). Image: 955472.

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Jet Airways to connect Mumbai and Manchester

Jet Airways has announced that beginning November 5, 2018, it will launch its first nonstop service between Mumbai and Manchester. This new service is the first nonstop service connecting India, via its economic capital with Manchester, the third largest city in the UK.

Jet Airways will deploy its wide body A330-200 with 254 seating for the service, which will operate for four days every week including Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

Manchester will become the 21^st international addition to the Jet Airways network and with the introduction of this new flight – the carrier’s 5th nonstop service to/from the UK, Jet Airways will also become the largest carrier between Mumbai and the UK.

The new service will complement the carrier’s existing thrice daily, non-stop services between Mumbai – London Heathrow, and a daily service between Delhi – London Heathrow. The launch of the new service comes one year after the airline launched 3 new international services last year on October 29, 2017 to Amsterdam, Paris and London from Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai respectively.

Jet Airways’ flight 9W 130 will depart from Mumbai at 0230 hrs (Local time) and will arrive in Manchester’s Terminal 2 at 0755 hrs (Local time). The return flight, 9W 129 will depart from Manchester at 0935 hrs (Local time) and arrive in Mumbai’s Terminal 2 at 0040 hrs (Local time).

Jet Airways aircraft slide show: