India’s Jet Airways and Singapore-based Jetstar Asia have signed a codeshare agreement. Under the agreement, Jet Airways will place its marketing code ‘9W’ on Jetstar Asia flights operating from Singapore to 11 destinations across the Asia Pacific region: Bangkok and Phuket in Thailand, Perth and Darwin in Australia, Jakarta, Denpasar Bali and Surabaya in Indonesia, Ho Chi Minh (Saigon) in Vietnam, Kuala Lumpur and Penang in Malaysia and Hong Kong.
The codeshare will not only strengthen traffic flows via Singapore, but will also offer travellers the advantage of twin/ tri-city itineraries options through Singapore, either via Bangkok or Hong Kong.
The deal means that a traveller could now fly from India to Singapore with Jet Airways, and onward to Hong Kong or Bangkok on a codeshared Jetstar Asia flight, returning to India on Jet Airways directly from Hong Kong or Bangkok, all on a single itinerary.
Jayaraj Shanmugam, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said, “Jetstar Asia flies to some of the most popular leisure and business destinations across the Asia Pacific. With this codeshare agreement, our guests will now be able to conveniently tap into this extensive network to explore new and exotic destinations across Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Australia via Singapore.”
