Jet Airways

[ethanegcc]

New Route: Manchester-Mumbai, four weekly, Airbus A330, with Jet Airways.

Begins November 5th, 2018 -

BOM 0230 - MAN 0755
MAN 0935 - BOM 0040

Operates Monday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday

Interesting to note it fits in well with Virgin Atlantic transatlantic flights and at a decent initial frequency. A fantastic week for Manchester!

 

[Land23R]

I assume / hope they will use T2 to facilitate transfers to / from Virgin flights.

 

[David_itl]

Flight numbers 9W130 / 9W129 and a T2 airline

 

[RhysTheBeast]

Excellent! This will be a very popular route, I can see a rapid expansion of this route.

 

[Brum X]

Great route for MAN

Good stuff

And finally a Scheduled route to India after so many years.

 

[mullion]

BrumX
It`s not our first as we have Goa and we have had Delhi in the past with Air india A310 but as you say a great capture

 

[Brum X]

BrumX
It`s not our first as we have Goa and we have had Delhi in the past with Air india A310 but as you say a great capture

You know what i mean mullion, stop being awkward.

I have now edited my post to stop people being silly.

 

[mullion]

Me! never awkward just like to be correct and I always stand to corrected when needed lol!
so no problem just lets keep the banter going, I believe the 3rdnew service will be announced in
a few weeks so as not to take it away from the shine on what we have this week, love a good
mystery.

 

[Aviador]

Jet Airways to connect Mumbai and Manchester for the first time with a new, non-stop service from winter 2018
Launches 5th direct service between India and the UK

New service aims to open up travel between India and the North of England

Guests to enjoy the luxury and comfort of the airline’s wide body Airbus A330-200 service, 4 days a week

Mumbai, May 18, 2018
Jet Airways, India's premier international airline is proud to announce that beginning Nov 5, 2018, it will launch its first non-stop service between Mumbai and Manchester, thus further strengthening its connect to the United Kingdom (UK). This new service is the first nonstop service connecting India, via its economic capital with Manchester, the 3rd 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 21st international addition to the Jet Airways network and with the introduction of this new flight - the carrier’s 5th non-stop service to/from the UK, Jet Airways will also become the largest carrier between Mumbai and the UK.

The launch of this new service will provide seamless connectivity to several domestic destinations to and from India which include Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Bhuj, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Delhi, Goa, Hyderabad, Indore, Aurangabad, Jaipur, Chennai, Nagpur, Rajkot, Raipur, Udaipur, via the airline's HUB, Mumbai.

Similarly, quick connections to beyond points on Jet Airways' international network such as Bangkok, Colombo, Hong Kong, Singapore, Dhaka and Kathmandu, will now be available.

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 Oct 29 to Amsterdam, Paris and London from Bengaluru, Chennai and Mumbai respectively.

Vinay Dube, Chief Executive Officer, Jet Airways said "We are extremely pleased to begin a new chapter in our decade-long relationship with the United Kingdom. The new service will bring Manchester into our global network, reinforcing our footprint as well as expanding the choice of connectivity to / from the United Kingdom for our guests with the 4 days / week, non-stop service. With the new flight, Jet Airways will have over 8,000 seats on offer every week, making it increasingly convenient for both business as well as leisure travelers, travelling between India and the UK, deepening commerce as well as tourism ties between the two countries".

Manchester – the fastest growing UK city outside of London is also Europe's second largest digital hub. The city lies at the heart of the UK's North and the area is home to leading companies from a range of industries including Aerospace, Automotive, Chemical, Financial, IT, Media, Pharmaceutical and Retail. Consequently, the new service between Mumbai and Manchester is expected to be of special significance to business travelers, as also for a significant diaspora of people, including a growing Indian community residing in and around Manchester. The fast-expanding business and industrial hub also has one of the largest student communities in Europe, besides being extremely well connected to other major cities such as Liverpool, Leeds and Sheffield, all within close proximity to Manchester.

Manchester Airport CEO Andrew Cowan, who said: "Securing a direct service to one of India's major cities is the product of a lot of hard work over a long period of time to forge closer ties between Manchester and this globally significant economy. We have worked, along with a range of partners, to create a compelling case for why our city – and the wider North – is a great place to visit, invest in and do business with. I am delighted Jet Airways have recognised this by launching what I’m sure will be a hugely popular service, not least for the 500,000 people of Indian origin living across the North. Direct connectivity to the world’s most important markets is key to creating a prosperous and internationally competitive Northern economy, and a balanced and outward facing UK. This route will deliver a major boost to businesses looking to export to the world's fastest-growing economy, as well as helping to attract Indian visitors and investors to the North. We look forward to working with Jet Airways on launching the Mumbai service in the months ahead."

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).

The new flight assumes even greater importance with the 'The Manchester-India Partnership' championed by Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, Sh. Narendra Modi, to help strengthen cultural and business ties between the two economies. The launch of the new service will also support with the recommendations of the UK Government, which has been promoting connectivity to other key cities in the UK, besides London Heathrow.

Jet Airways' A330-200 aircraft with 254 seats including 18 in Première will operate on the new sector. The A330 is a world-class product providing the luxury of spacious seating in quiet cabins, where guests can experience Jet Airways' highly acclaimed in-flight service characterised by fine dining, together with a choice of their preferred meal as part of the 'Dine Anytime' concept. Guests can also enjoy endless hours of the airline’s carefully curated audio-video programming comprising favourite Hollywood and Bollywood blockbusters, popular TV shows and TV Shorts, business news and audio compilations with the airline’s award-winning Inflight Entertainment system – JetScreen.

Growth in Cargo
The new flight will enhance Jet Airways' cargo capacity by 15 tons from India to UK and most importantly, open a 2nd important destination in the UK to shippers and exporters and manufacturers from India. With this, Jet Airways’ daily cargo capacity between Mumbai and Delhi to the UK will be 115 tons in each direction.

The opening up of Manchester route will enable the airline to offer the much needed daily direct capacity from Mumbai and other stations in India for carriage of commodities such as perishables, pharmaceuticals, engineering goods, garments & fabrics, foodstuffs, as well as specialized medical equipment, among others. The non-stop service will fuel trade and further develop business, from India to Manchester and greater area and vice versa.

Jet Airways

 

[David_itl]

Bloomberg reporting daily ops from March

 

[Land23R]

Thanks for the heads up on that article David.
There's some good reporting from Bloomberg.
Final para with comment from Andrew Cowan is also worth a read.
It's the second piece if you scroll down after the 737 MAX deal.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...ys-planning-follow-on-deal-for-boeing-737-max

 

[ethanegcc]

That same article also suggests that, if a success, Delhi and Amritsar are also possibilities. Daily flights intended from March's summer schedule - which is absolutely fantastic.

Bangkok now has to be our top target, with Shanghai high on the list.

One would hope the one remaining announcement would either be Thai to BKK or Hainan to Guangzhou.

 

[ethanegcc]

Manchester already features prominently on Jet's homepage. View attachment 8706

 

[Land23R]

That same article also suggests that, if a Bangkok now has to be our top target, with Shanghai high on the list.

One would hope the one remaining announcement would either be Thai to BKK or Hainan to Guangzhou.

With Andrew Cowan emphasising BKK in the scope for further routes, I'd be very surprised if the anticipated third announcement wasn't Thai.

 

[Jerry]

Apparently Jet Airways are adding a 5th weekly flight to their Mumbai route on a Friday.

 

[ethanegcc]

Yes, that's correct. An extra flight on Fridays has been added to the programme, as confirmed in this article:

https://www.routesonline.com/news/3...ses-planned-manchester-service-from-nov-2018/

Fantastic news to have a route expanded before the inaugural flight - hopefully Jet Airways can form a close partnership with Manchester. At the risk of sounding greedy, could Delhi be on the horizon if the Mumbai route proves a success?

 

[Jerry]

At the risk of sounding greedy, could Delhi be on the horizon if the Mumbai route proves a success?

I wouldn't be surprised if it happens especially if as it seems to be Mumbai does well. I also wonder in the future if they'd look at launching Bangalore or Kolkata though i don't know what long haul routes they operate from there.

 

[ethanegcc]

I wouldn't be surprised if it happens especially if as it seems to be Mumbai does well. I also wonder in the future if they'd look at launching Bangalore or Kolkata though i don't know what long haul routes they operate from there.

Other than Mumbai and New Delhi, they operate long haul from Bangalore and Chennai to Amsterdam and Paris respectively.

Bangalore is - to a certain extent - an important tech hub and Chennai has a prominent pharmaceutical industry.

 

[BHX492]

Could jet airways stop flying after 90 days

 

[ethanegcc]

This has been rebuked by Jet Airways' CEO, in the statement below.

Additionally, Jet Airways have 225 Boeing 737 MAX aircraft on order (Boeing would not want to lose this order) and are - internally - still talking about international expansion. An airline simply would not have this attitude if they knew the end was near - especially as Jet Airways is a private company and doesn't have a government loan to fall back on.