Jet Airways

Mumbai airport

Jet Airways is the largest private airline of India based in Mumbai and based on the local Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.

History

Jet Airways was founded on April 1, 1992 by Naresh Goyal billionaire. The flight operations began on 5 May 1993 with four Boeing 737-300. The company is 80 % owned by tailwinds, the remaining 20% ​​held by private and institutional investors. At Jet Airways is one of the low cost airline JetKonnect, in which the other daughter JetLite 2012 has been integrated.

Mid-2012 it was announced that Jet Airways has made ​​an application for approval of joining the Star Alliance with the Indian government. However, Jet Airways is also in negotiations with the alliances Skyteam and Oneworld and has not made a final decision.

In October 2013, the Indian government approved the participation of Etihad Airways from Abu Dhabi to Jet Airways in the amount of 24 percent; the purchase price to have amounted to 20.6 billion rupees (about 246 million euros ).

Objectives

In the summer timetable 2011, the airline among other London - Heathrow and Singapore flew 51 destinations in India and 24 abroad at. Since the second half of 2007, Jet Airways uses the Brussels airport with up to ten flights per day as a European hub for flights to India, Canada and the United States.

Fleet

Stand August 2013, there is a fleet of Jet Airways 100 aircraft with an average age of 5.4 years:

  • 03 ATR 72-600
  • 05 Airbus A330 -200
  • 34 Boeing 737-800
  • 10 Boeing 787-9
IATA-Code International Civil Aviation Organization airport code
16046
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