Jet Airways on Thursday announced its plans to further spread its wings to overseas destinations, with flights from Delhi to Toronto via Brussels five times a week from September 5 and also daily flights to New York?s JFK airport as well as South Africa.
This development comes just a week after the airline announced regular flight operations connecting Mumbai to Newark via Brussels.
This daily service uses the Boeing 777-300ER flights with Brussels as its European hub and is the first of many other international destinations the airline plans to travel. These destinations include other US destinations, Europe, Africa and Asia.
?By the end of October or early November daily flights from Delhi to JFK Airport will start,? Saroj Datta, Jet Airways Executive Director said.
The carrier will operate the flights to Toronto with an Airbus 330-200 aircraft and has offered an inaugural return fare for economy class at Rs 35,000, while for the premiere class the return fare starts at Rs 1,57,500 (excluding taxes).
The airline has ordered 10 Boeing 777-300Er aircrafts of which four have already been delivered. These are plying between Mumbai and London and the Mumbai?Newark routes daily.
?We also intend to start flights to east coast of US from Chennai or Bangalore,? Dutta said, adding the carrier would also start flights to Johannesburg by this winter.
In order to reposition Jet as an international airline, the firm has gone in for an image makeover with a new logo and has given its crew a new look with uniforms designed by Italian designer Roberto Capucci.
The new logo has been inspired by a dupatta, to give a touch of India to its new international look. ?We are repositioning Jet Airways as a global airline with the highest international standards but with a touch of India,? Gaurang Shetty, VP marketing for Jet said.
The airline currently flies to 52 destinations across India and also to New York, Brussels, London, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, and Kathmandu.
The airline has also installed newly designed seats and cabins for its economy, first and business class travelers and state-of the art in-flight entertainment systems for long haul international flights.
Asked if the airline was planning to join any international alliance, Datta replied in the negative.
?There are no immediate plans to join an alliance considering our domestic requirements. We will continue to have bilateral relations with individual carriers,? he said.