Jet Airways has announced the addition of two daily flights in its winter schedule to further strengthen its global travel footprint in the ASEAN region. The airline, as part of the hub carrier strategy, plans to increase connectivity to cities in ASEAN region and beyond through its primary hubs in Delhi and Mumbai during its winter schedule.
The new daily flight from Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, via Bangkok, commencing on 5 November 2014, will be the 22nd international destination on Jet Airways’ international network.
The airline also plans to introduce a third daily direct service from its international gateway in Mumbai to Bangkok during its winter schedule. The new afternoon service will provide seamless connectivity to guests from the airlines domestic network. This would make Jet Airways’ the only Indian carrier to operate three flights a day from Mumbai to Bangkok’s International Suvarnabhumi Airport.
Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice President – Commercial, Jet Airways said, “Jet Airways is delighted to provide a direct link from Delhi to Ho Chi Minh City via Bangkok and an all new daily direct frequency from Mumbai to Bangkok. The introductions of these new services are in keeping with the growing popularity amongst our guests, for enhanced seamless connectivity within the ASEAN region and India. Both Vietnam and Thailand are emerging as increasingly popular destinations for tourism, trade and investment in Asia and it was only logical for Jet Airways’ to facilitate the same for the Indian traveller. Jet Airways has established itself as a premier brand on account of its service excellence, including quality of its in-flight product, hence we are confident that these new flights would prove equally popular with our guests.”
