Thursday, July 24, 2014

Jet deal opens up the skies to India and beyond for Etihad

New Delhi: Jet is looking to operate non-stop flights to Europe, China, Australia, the Middle East, South East Asia and neigbouring Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, said Naresh Goyal, the Jet chairman.

“Our focus remains to develop hubs in Mumbai and Delhi,” he said.

Jet will also link more points in India to Abu Dhabi, for onward connections, besides operating its own flights beyond Abu Dhabi to North America and the Middle East, and increase frequencies to Abu Dhabi. New routes will be introduced between Abu Dhabi and Goa, Ahmedabad, Pune and Lucknow by the year-end.

Focus will also remain on the international sector as competition increases in the domestic carrier market.

“Our international operations are already profitable and contribute 45 per cent to our total revenue,” said Naresh Goyal, the chairman of Jet Airways. “We [plan to] increase the contribution to 63 per cent by 2015.”

For Etihad, the partnership means access to more than 50 destinations in India through Jet and 42 million travellers in India’s domestic market. It currently has access to 20 destinations in India.
23/07/14 Sananda Sahoo/The National
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