Jet Airways launches landmark flights to Dammam, Dubai

Jet Airways launches landmark flights to Dammam, Dubai

India’s premier international airline, Jet Airways is introducing two new daily flights to the Gulf – Dammam and Dubai - to emerge as the first private Indian airline to operate 100 daily flights to international destinations across the globe. The new Mumbai-Dammam service represents the fourth daily service from India to Saudi Arabia. The airline currently operates daily flights from Mumbai to Riyadh and Jeddah and from Thiruvananthapuram to Dammam.

Jet Airways is also launching a third daily flight between Mumbai and Dubai. The sources in the airlines claim that with three flights between these two points, business and leisure customers of Jet Airways have a wide choice of timings throughout the day. The flights are conveniently timed to connect with Jet Airways' domestic network and fast-growing network to SAARC/ASEAN points. The airline also operates daily direct flights to Dubai from Chennai, Delhi and Hyderabad, which makes the additional flight from Mumbai to Dubai the sixth daily direct service on this sector.

The flight 9W 564 will depart Mumbai at 14:00 hours reaching Dammam at 15:45 hours local time. On the return sector, flight 9W 563 will depart Dammam at 16:45 hours and reach Mumbai at 22:55 hours. Flight 9W 538 will depart Mumbai at 15:10 hours and arrive in Dubai at 16:50 hours local time. The return flight 9W 537 will depart Dubai at 1830 hours, arriving in Mumbai at 2255 hours.

The airline says that it is deploying its state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft on these two additional routes, offering Premiere and Economy configurations. “We are confident that the additional services from Mumbai to Dubai and Dammam will prove immensely popular with our guests”, says Jet Airways CEO, Nikos Kardassis.