Jet Airways to launch New Delhi-Hong Kong daily flightAugust 24th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways will launch a New Delhi-Hong Kong daily service from Sep 30, a top airline official announced here Monday. "The return Hong Kong-New Delhi flight would be launched Oct 1 to mark China's national day," said Jet chief executive Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
Jet Airways to increase low-cost operationsAugust 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jet Airways Konnect, the low-cost arm of leading private carrier Jet Airways, will increase the number of daily flights it operates from 135 to 180 by Oct 1, it was announced Thursday. "Effective September 3, Konnect will launch services on several key domestic routes previously operated by Jet Airways and will have 180 daily flights by Oct 1," the airline said in a statement.
Jet Airways to start Hyderabad-Dubai flight SundayAugust 13th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch a daily flight on the Hyderabad-Dubai sector from Aug 16, a senior official said here Thursday. The new flight using Boeing 737-800 aircraft will be Jet Airways' first international service from Hyderabad and its second daily service to Dubai from South India.
IndiGo flight grounded in Delhi after bomb threatAugust 12th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A Kolkata-bound IndiGo flight with 126 passengers on board was grounded at the Delhi airport Wednesday after a bomb threat call. The Delhi-Kolkata flight (No 203) was grounded after a call centre of IndiGo received an anonymous call by 3.30 p.m.
Jet Airways to launch Mumbai-Riyadh flight Aug 6July 29th, 2009 MUMBAI - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch flight from Mumbai to Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh from Aug 6, the airline said Wednesday. The airline will launch four services a week on the Mumbai-Riyadh sector - on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, Jet said in a statement.
Jet to launch Kochi-Sharjah daily flight from Sep 1July 21st, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Private carrier Jet Airways will launch daily services on the Kochi-Sharjah route from Sep 1, the airline said Tuesday. This will be Jet's fourth daily flight to the Gulf from Kochi, the airline said in a statement.
Air India, Jet flights miss colliding, probe ordered (Lead)May 31st, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - A major disaster was averted at the Mumbai airport Sunday when two passenger aircraft proceeded for take off simultaneously from two runways, but their pilots stopped the planes in the nick of time, airport officials said. A probe has been ordered into the near miss.
Air India to launch daily Ahmedabad-Frankfurt flightMay 9th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Air India is set to launch a daily direct flight from here to Frankfurt from June 1, the airline said Saturday. Flight AI-120 Ahmedabad-Frankfurt, a Boeing 777-200 aircraft with a passenger capacity of 291, will depart the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport at 2.05 a.m.
China Eastern Airlines to increase flights from KolkataApril 22nd, 2009 KOLKATA - China Eastern Airlines Co, one of China's leading state-owned carriers, Wednesday said it will increase its flight services from Kolkata to Kunming from June. 'We will have seven flights from Kolkata to Kunming a week from June.
No British Airways flight to Kolkata from MondayMarch 29th, 2009 KOLKATA - British Airways suspended its direct service to London from here Sunday, with the last flight taking off at around 5 a.m., even as national carrier Air India resumed operations on the route the same day. British Airways, which operated three direct fights a week from the city to Heathrow Airport in London, decided to suspend operations as it found the route unprofitable.
Air India starts Delhi-Chicago daily flightMarch 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India Sunday launched its daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt, the airline's official said. The flight took off around 1.50 a.m.
Air India to launch Delhi-Chicago flight SundayMarch 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - National carrier Air India will introduce a daily Delhi-Chicago flight via Frankfurt from March 29, the airline said Friday. The launch of the flight follows the airline's decision to make Frankfurt the hub for operations to Europe and the US, its initiative towards strengthening its global network and restructuring its operations to these continents.
Cathay Pacific to fly daily from Delhi to BangkokMarch 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With Thailand exempting the tourist visa fee for three months from Thursday, Hong Kong's flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways has announced the launch of a daily non-stop flight from here to Bangkok from March 30. 'Bangkok is not new to us.
Jet Airways to launch Mumbai-Kuwait direct daily flight March 29March 6th, 2009 MUMBAI - India's leading private air carrier Jet Airways Thursday announced that it will launch direct daily flights from Mumbai to Kuwait from March 29. This will be the airline's second daily service to Kuwait from India.
Kingfisher to launch Mumbai-London flight MondayJanuary 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines will launch its daily non-stop Mumbai-London flight from Monday. 'We will launch our first flight from Mumbai to London tomorrow (Monday),' a Kingfisher spokesperson said Sunday.