New Flights Between Vietnam and India

A reciprocal agreement between Vietnam Airlines and India’s Jet Airways will help to boost tourism and business travel between the two countries.

India’s Jet Airways codeshares on the Bangkok and Singapore to Ho Chi Minh and Hanoi sectors. Flights operated by Vietnam Airlines.

Vietnam Airlines codeshares on the Bangkok to Mumbai, Delhi, Singapore to Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai routes,  all operated by Jet Airways.

Vietnam Airlines deputy director, Duong Tri Thanh, said the codeshare flights allow Indian passengers to fly through to Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi via Singapore and Bangkok with seamless connections on the double designator flights.

The codeshare flights are the first connections between the two countries offering through travel.

Jet Airways senior vice president (commercial) Gaurang Shetty added: “We are delighted to announce a codeshare partnership with Vietnam Airlines as it will further strengthen the international reach of both airlines and provide increased benefits to all our guests.”

Vietnam Airlines operates 95 routes to 21 domestic and 29 international destinations with more than 300 daily flights.

It has a fleet of 82 modern aircraft mainly Boeing 777, Airbus A330, A321. It expects to expand its fleet with new Airbus A350XWB and Boeing 787-9.

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New India - Singapore Route from Jet Airways

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, announces the enhancement of a second daily frequency from India to Singapore with the introduction of a second daily Boeing 737 flight from Chennai.

This new service effective August 1st, 2013 will complement the night flight currently in operation, on the high demand Chennai-Singapore route.

This second service at noon offers guests a convenient flight out of Chennai providing seamless connections at Singapore to Australia, New Zealand and to Pacific destinations beyond, through Jet Airways code share and interline partners, and vice versa. The new Jet Airways service, flight 9W 14 will depart Chennai daily at 1215 hrs and arrive Singapore at 1905 hrs (Local Time). On the return, flight 9W 13 will depart Singapore at 2020 hrs (LT) and arrive in Chennai at 2205 hrs (LT). The additional flight will complement   the daily flight being operated between the two destinations by Jet Airways.

Jet Airways presently operates two flights out of Delhi and one flight each from Mumbai and Chennai.

The airline will deploy a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft on this route, offering Premiere and Economy guests Jet Airways' famed in-flight service, its award-winning In-flight Entertainment (IFE) programme, all this, along with  the airline's hallmark concept of hospitality.

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said “Jet Airways is happy to introduce a second service on the high density Chennai-Singapore route following an increased demand due to tourist and business traffic. With the introduction of this additional service, we aim to popularize this amongst guests wanting seamless connectivity to Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Vietnam via Singapore, with our code share partners. The new flight would also help in connecting our guests flying into Chennai from the south and other neighboring cities.”

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New Air route between Europe & India by Jet Airways

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has entered into code share agreements with premium European carriers Air France and KLM, open for sales as of today, for travel effective June 19, 2013.

The code share agreement enables Air France to place its marketing code (AF) on Jet Airways’ domestic flights to three major Indian cities beyond Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai. Customers travelling from Europe to India on Air France flights will now be able to connect seamlessly with one ticket to Chennai via Bengaluru, Delhi and Mumbai, and to Kolkata, Hyderabad via Mumbai and Bengaluru.

Likewise, KLM will place its marketing code (KL) on Jet Airways’ domestic flights to four major cities in India beyond Delhi, allowing guests travelling from Europe to India to connect seamlessly to Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Mumbai via Delhi.

Furthermore, members of Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege and Air France- KLM’s Flying Blue frequent flyer programs have a full fledged network-wide accrual and redemption partnership in place for many years. With the code share in place, members will now have the opportunity to earn status miles/points when travelling on the respective code share flights.

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said, “We are delighted with this enhancement in our relationship with both Air France and KLM, as we share a long standing interline and frequent flyer partnership with these carriers. The code share arrangements will allow our guests the convenience of enhanced connectivity from across Air France and KLM’s networks via their European gateways in Paris and Amsterdam to key destinations throughout India."

Dominique Patry, Air France’s Vice-President, International Affairs and Alliances, said:  “This new partnership between Air France-KLM and Jet Airways illustrates our Group’s strategic positioning that continuously strengthens our offer between Europe and the rest of the world by developing our network ourselves or, like today, with first class partners as Jet Airways. With the code-sharing agreement with Jet Airways, we are strengthening our presence in a key market.”

Pieter Elbers, Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer KLM, stated: “KLM is very pleased with this important step in expanding the cooperation between Jet Airways and KLM. Being able to serve our customers an expanded network in India with four important domestic code share destinations is considered of key strategic value to our company”.

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 111 aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.35 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world.

Air France- KLM offers 27 weekly long-haul flights between Europe and India.

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India’s Jet Airways Launches One Fare Pass for Domestic Travel

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From Threeland Travel's Blog - December 2012

India’s Jet Airways has launched a 4 coupon “One Fare Pass” booklet for facilitating increased and convenient travel on Jet Airways and JetKonnect flights in regional domestic markets.

The new One Fare Pass booklets containing 4 coupons will be applicable for travel in both Premiere and Economy Class on domestic flights that are less than 750 kms in distance.

Each Premiere One Fare Pass booklet will have a total value of INR 49,216 inclusive of all taxes. The Economy Class One Fare Pass (Jet Airways and JetKonnect) will contain 4 coupons each, worth of Rs 19,606 inclusive of all taxes for Jet Airways, and Rs 17,254 inclusive of all taxes for JetKonnect.

They can be purchased by individuals and organizations alike, and remain transferable until details are endorsed on the coupon. Once endorsed, the coupons are non-transferable.

The 4 coupon One Fare Pass will be valid for sale until 31 March 2013. Travel validity is six months from the date of issue.

Furthermore, validity of the partly unutilized One Fare Pass coupons can also be extended beyond the expiry date by up to two months at a charge of Rs. 1000 per flight coupon for premiere class and Rs. 500 per flight coupon for economy class.

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