Jet Airways
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
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| Hubs | Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport Brussels Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Chennai Kolkata Bangalore | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Jet Privilege | ||||||
| Fleet size | 81 + (53 orders) + 24 Jet Lite + (10 orders) = 105 | ||||||
| Destinations | 43 Domestic 16 International | ||||||
| Parent company | Tailwinds Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India | ||||||
| Key people | Naresh Goyal, founder and chairman | ||||||
| Website | http://www.jetairways.com | ||||||
Jet Airways (India) Ltd. is an airline based in Mumbai, India, operating domestic and international services. It operates over 360 daily flights to 43 destinations across India and 15 destinations around the world. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai with other major hubs at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, Anna International Airport, Chennai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore, and Brussels Airport, Brussels.[1]
According to March 2007 available figures, its share of India's domestic aviation market increased to over 43% (up from less than 27% a few months prior to March 2007), and is greater than any other Indian domestic operator's market share.[2] Jet Airways was voted as the best airline in South Asia and Central Asia region by Skytrax in 2007.[3]
History
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Jet Airways was incorporated as an "air taxi" operator on 1 April 1992. It started commercial airline operations on 5 May 1993 with a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-300 aircraft. In January 1994 a change in the law enabled Jet Airways to apply for scheduled airline status, which was granted on 4 January 1995. It began international operations to Sri Lanka in March, 2004. Plans to acquire rival Air Sahara, announced in January 2006, after some rough patches deal got through. The airline is owned by Tailwinds (owned by Naresh Goyal) (80%) and public shares (20%) and has 10,017 employees (at March 2007).[1]
Naresh Goyal, who already owned Jetair (Private) Limited, which provided sales and marketing for foreign airlines in India, set up Jet Airways as a full-service scheduled airline that would give competition to state-owned Indian Airlines. Indian Airlines had enjoyed a monopoly in the domestic market between 1953, when all major Indian air transport providers were nationalised under the Air Corporations Act (1953), and January 1994, when the Air Corporations Act was repealed, following which Jet Airways received scheduled airline status. [citation needed]
Jet Airways and Air Sahara were the only private airlines to survive the Indian business downturn of the early 1990s. In January 2006, Jet Airways announced that it would buy Air Sahara for $500 million in an all-cash deal, making it the biggest takeover in Indian aviation history. The resulting airline would have been the country's largest[4] but the deal fell through in June, 2006.
On April 12 2007 Jet Airways agreed to buy out Air Sahara for 14.5 billion Rupees ($340 million). Air Sahara was renamed Jet Lite, and was marketed between low-cost carriers and full service airlines. With the acquisition of Air Sahara, Jet Airways is set to refurbish the fleet and crew with new livery and uniform.
In recent years, Jet airways has expanded its overseas destinations to include Shanghai, San Francisco, Toronto, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, and New York City.[5]
Destinations
Jet Airways serves 59 destinations, including 16 cities outside India.[6]
Jet Airways' 59 destinations include most of the big cities in India. International destinations include Dhaka, Kathmandu, Colombo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, London Heathrow, Brussels, Newark, New York, Toronto, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha and Hong Kong. Jet Airways was the first private airline in India to fly to international destinations. It started international operations in March 2004 between Chennai and Colombo after it had been cleared by the Government of India to operate scheduled services to international destinations.
Subsequently, a second route linking Mumbai with Colombo and a new route between Delhi and Kathmandu were added. The latter commenced in May 2004. On December 29 2004 the Government of India decided in principle to permit privately owned Indian carriers to operate scheduled air services to any international destination world-wide with the exception of the Gulf countries, i.e., Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well as Pakistan. They will fly to the Middle East from Kochi, Thrivananthapuram, Kozhikode (Calicut), Mumbai and Delhi. Another effect of this stipulation was that, apart from Jet Airways itself, Air Sahara was the only other privately owned Indian carrier permitted to operate international scheduled services.
Jet Airways sought to take maximum advantage of this ruling by adding new international scheduled routes to destinations within the flying range of its growing fleet of "Next Generation" Boeing 737-700/800 series narrowbodied jets, such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This first led to a decision to lease three Airbus A340-300E widebodies from South African Airways to enable it to commence non-stop flights to London Heathrow in the UK and to subsequently place a large order for a fleet of brand-new Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER widebodied airliners to permit further expansion, especially to additional destinations in Europe and North America. In 2006 Jet Airways has international services to Kathmandu, Colombo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, operating from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Amritsar.
Jet Airways has begun thrice-weekly operations from the north Indian city of Amritsar to London Heathrow to serve the UK's large ethnic Punjabi community. Jet Airways began serving Amritsar on August 4 2006. This service, which was initially operated at a frequency of three flights a week, is now operated daily. Jet Airways has started flying daily flights to Bangkok from Delhi and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) effective January 23 2007. Jet Airways has also started flights to Hyderabad, India from Mumbai more than two years back.
Jet Airways started three times-a-week service from Ahmedabad to London Heathrow on April 3, 2007 to cater to the travel requirements of the ethnic Gujarati community in the UK, now suspended w.e 14th January 2008. The airline is using its recently delivered Airbus A330-200s on the Amritsar service while "Next Generation" Boeing 737-800s equipped with winglets are used on all Bangkok sectors.
On 5 September 2007 Jet Airways started to fly to Toronto via Brussels. On 28 October 2007 Jet Airways started flying to New York JFK via Brussels. Jet Airways is also considering starting flights to North America from Banglore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Amritsar and Kolkata apart from Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai[citation needed]. Jet is now flying to Gulf regions i.e. Bahrain, Oman
Meanwhile, Jet Airways is planning to set up a hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport from 14th June to serve transpacific routes to San Francisco(14th June), Vancouver and Los Angeles.[7] It will now also travel to Hong Kong from Mumbai from 14th April. Upon that, it plans to fly to Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau. Similary it plans to start the service to Kuala Lumpur from Mumbai by second quarter of 2008.
Fleet
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| Founded | 1993 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubs | Chatrapati Shivaji International Airport Indira Gandhi International Airport Brussels Airport | ||||||
| Focus cities | Chennai Kolkata Bangalore | ||||||
| Frequent-flyer program | Jet Privilege | ||||||
| Fleet size | 81 + (53 orders) + 24 Jet Lite + (10 orders) = 105 | ||||||
| Destinations | 43 Domestic 16 International | ||||||
| Parent company | Tailwinds Limited | ||||||
| Headquarters | Mumbai, India | ||||||
| Key people | Naresh Goyal, founder and chairman | ||||||
| Website | http://www.jetairways.com | ||||||
Jet Airways (India) Ltd. is an airline based in Mumbai, India, operating domestic and international services. It operates over 360 daily flights to 43 destinations across India and 15 destinations around the world. Its main base is Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai with other major hubs at Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi, Anna International Airport, Chennai, Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose International Airport, Kolkata, Bangalore International Airport, Bangalore, and Brussels Airport, Brussels.[1]
According to March 2007 available figures, its share of India's domestic aviation market increased to over 43% (up from less than 27% a few months prior to March 2007), and is greater than any other Indian domestic operator's market share.[8] Jet Airways was voted as the best airline in South Asia and Central Asia region by Skytrax in 2007.[9]
History
Jet Airways was incorporated as an "air taxi" operator on 1 April 1992. It started commercial airline operations on 5 May 1993 with a fleet of 4 Boeing 737-300 aircraft. In January 1994 a change in the law enabled Jet Airways to apply for scheduled airline status, which was granted on 4 January 1995. It began international operations to Sri Lanka in March, 2004. Plans to acquire rival Air Sahara, announced in January 2006, after some rough patches deal got through. The airline is owned by Tailwinds (owned by Naresh Goyal) (80%) and public shares (20%) and has 10,017 employees (at March 2007).[1]
Naresh Goyal, who already owned Jetair (Private) Limited, which provided sales and marketing for foreign airlines in India, set up Jet Airways as a full-service scheduled airline that would give competition to state-owned Indian Airlines. Indian Airlines had enjoyed a monopoly in the domestic market between 1953, when all major Indian air transport providers were nationalised under the Air Corporations Act (1953), and January 1994, when the Air Corporations Act was repealed, following which Jet Airways received scheduled airline status. [citation needed]
Jet Airways and Air Sahara were the only private airlines to survive the Indian business downturn of the early 1990s. In January 2006, Jet Airways announced that it would buy Air Sahara for $500 million in an all-cash deal, making it the biggest takeover in Indian aviation history. The resulting airline would have been the country's largest[10] but the deal fell through in June, 2006.
On April 12 2007 Jet Airways agreed to buy out Air Sahara for 14.5 billion Rupees ($340 million). Air Sahara was renamed Jet Lite, and was marketed between low-cost carriers and full service airlines. With the acquisition of Air Sahara, Jet Airways is set to refurbish the fleet and crew with new livery and uniform.
In recent years, Jet airways has expanded its overseas destinations to include Shanghai, San Francisco, Toronto, Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Brussels, and New York City.[11]
Destinations
Jet Airways serves 59 destinations, including 16 cities outside India.[12]
Jet Airways' 59 destinations include most of the big cities in India. International destinations include Dhaka, Kathmandu, Colombo, Bangkok, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, London Heathrow, Brussels, Newark, New York, Toronto, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha and Hong Kong. Jet Airways was the first private airline in India to fly to international destinations. It started international operations in March 2004 between Chennai and Colombo after it had been cleared by the Government of India to operate scheduled services to international destinations.
Subsequently, a second route linking Mumbai with Colombo and a new route between Delhi and Kathmandu were added. The latter commenced in May 2004. On December 29 2004 the Government of India decided in principle to permit privately owned Indian carriers to operate scheduled air services to any international destination world-wide with the exception of the Gulf countries, i.e., Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as well as Pakistan. They will fly to the Middle East from Kochi, Thrivananthapuram, Kozhikode (Calicut), Mumbai and Delhi. Another effect of this stipulation was that, apart from Jet Airways itself, Air Sahara was the only other privately owned Indian carrier permitted to operate international scheduled services.
Jet Airways sought to take maximum advantage of this ruling by adding new international scheduled routes to destinations within the flying range of its growing fleet of "Next Generation" Boeing 737-700/800 series narrowbodied jets, such as Singapore and Kuala Lumpur. This first led to a decision to lease three Airbus A340-300E widebodies from South African Airways to enable it to commence non-stop flights to London Heathrow in the UK and to subsequently place a large order for a fleet of brand-new Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER widebodied airliners to permit further expansion, especially to additional destinations in Europe and North America. In 2006 Jet Airways has international services to Kathmandu, Colombo, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, London Heathrow, operating from Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai and Amritsar.
Jet Airways has begun thrice-weekly operations from the north Indian city of Amritsar to London Heathrow to serve the UK's large ethnic Punjabi community. Jet Airways began serving Amritsar on August 4 2006. This service, which was initially operated at a frequency of three flights a week, is now operated daily. Jet Airways has started flying daily flights to Bangkok from Delhi and Kolkata (formerly Calcutta) effective January 23 2007. Jet Airways has also started flights to Hyderabad, India from Mumbai more than two years back.
Jet Airways started three times-a-week service from Ahmedabad to London Heathrow on April 3, 2007 to cater to the travel requirements of the ethnic Gujarati community in the UK, now suspended w.e 14th January 2008. The airline is using its recently delivered Airbus A330-200s on the Amritsar service while "Next Generation" Boeing 737-800s equipped with winglets are used on all Bangkok sectors.
On 5 September 2007 Jet Airways started to fly to Toronto via Brussels. On 28 October 2007 Jet Airways started flying to New York JFK via Brussels. Jet Airways is also considering starting flights to North America from Banglore, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Amritsar and Kolkata apart from Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai[citation needed]. Jet is now flying to Gulf regions i.e. Bahrain, Oman
Meanwhile, Jet Airways is planning to set up a hub at Shanghai Pudong International Airport from 14th June to serve transpacific routes to San Francisco(14th June), Vancouver and Los Angeles.[13] It will now also travel to Hong Kong from Mumbai from 14th April. Upon that, it plans to fly to Beijing, Guangzhou, Hong Kong and Macau. Similary it plans to start the service to Kuala Lumpur from Mumbai by second quarter of 2008.
Fleet
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- Jet Airways has had no accidents involving loss of life.
In flight services
With the arrival of its new Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330-200 aircraft, Jet Airways has introduced a new cabin with upgraded seats in all classes. The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft feature three classes of service: First, Première (Business), and Economy. The Airbus A330-200 aircraft feature two classes: Première and Economy. All A330-200 and 777-300ER aircraft have this feature. 737 aircraft are configured differently. Jet Airways has a 5 star rated Business and First Class, and is in the top 5 business class reviewed by Skytrax. Economy class has been reviewed as a 4 star product by Skytrax.
First Class
First class is available on all Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. All seats convert to a fully flat bed, similar to Singapore Airlines suites but smaller. It was the first airline in the world to have private suites, shortly before Emirates. All seats feature a 23-inch Widescreen LCD monitor with audio video on-demand (AVOD), in seat power supply, and USB ports etc. Jet Airways is the first airline in India to have fully-enclosed first class suites on its aircraft; each suite has a closeable door, making for a private compartment. It is the 3rd best First Class in the world as conducted by Skytrax. The only airlines that surpass Jet in First Class are Singapore Airlines and Emirates.
Première Class
Première Class (Business Class) on the Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER international fleet features a fully-flat bed with AVOD entertainment. Seats are configured in a herringbone pattern (1-2-1 on the Boeing 777, and 1-1-1 on the Airbus A330), with each seat offering direct access to the aisle. USB ports and in-seat laptop power are provided. Mood lighting is installed on the A330-200 and B777-300ER, with different light schemes corresponding to the time of day and flight position.
On the shorthaul/domestic Boeing 737, approximately half the fleet is equipped with AVOD. All seats are standard recliner Business Class seats. On some Boeing 737s, the business class seats feature greater recline, added footrest, and are operated electronically (aircraft with AVOD). It has been voted 5-star by Skytrax.
Economy Class
Economy class on the Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 737, and A330-200 feature 32-inch seat pitch. All 777/A330, as well as some Boeing 737 aircraft, feature a touch screen AVOD system. Seats on the 777/A330 feature a "hammock-style" net footrest. The cabin is configured in 3-3-3 abreast on the 777, 2-4-2 on the A330, and 3-3 in the 737.
Airline agreements
Jet Airways has commercial agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Canada
- Air France
- American Airlines
- Austrian
- Brussels Airlines
- Gulf Air
- Jet Lite
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Northwest Airlines
- Qantas
- South African Airways
- Swiss International Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
Codeshare Agreements
Jet Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Canada(Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and Edmonton)
- American Airlines(Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas(Fort Worth), Raleigh-Durham and Washington(Reagan)
- Brussels Airlines(Birmingham, Madrid, Lyon, Vienna, Berlin and Barcelona)
- Qantas(Australia-Singapore flights operated by Qantas with Jet Airways codes, Singapore-India flights operated by Jet Airways with Qantas codes)
External links
- Official website
- Jet Airways
- Fleet Information
- Indian Aviation Business news report on Bloomberg
- News timeline for Jet Airways
- Jet Airways buyout of Air Sahara on BBC news
References
"JET files suit for 500Cr"Agarwal Today report
- ^ a b c d "Directory: World Airlines". Flight International. 2007-04-03. p. 97.
- ^ The Economist (Aviation in India - The flying elephant), p. 75, The Economist Newspaper Ltd., London, 10 March 2007
- ^ Full results by region for the World Airline Awards
- ^ "Indian airline Jet Airways is to buy rival carrier Air Sahara in a deal worth $500 m (£284 m)". BBC News. 2006-01-19.
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1fc2d676-9e43-46c5-a772-bf69b5871498&MatchID1=4674&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1177&PrimaryID=4674&Headline=Jet+on+a+high%2c+launches+six+new+global+routes
- ^ Jet Airways announces India / Canada flights
- ^ domain-b.com : Jet Airways to make Shanghai hub for services to US west coast
- ^ The Economist (Aviation in India - The flying elephant), p. 75, The Economist Newspaper Ltd., London, 10 March 2007
- ^ Full results by region for the World Airline Awards
- ^ "Indian airline Jet Airways is to buy rival carrier Air Sahara in a deal worth $500 m (£284 m)". BBC News. 2006-01-19.
- ^ http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=1fc2d676-9e43-46c5-a772-bf69b5871498&MatchID1=4674&TeamID1=4&TeamID2=8&MatchType1=1&SeriesID1=1177&PrimaryID=4674&Headline=Jet+on+a+high%2c+launches+six+new+global+routes
- ^ Jet Airways announces India / Canada flights
- ^ domain-b.com : Jet Airways to make Shanghai hub for services to US west coast
- Jet Airways has had no accidents involving loss of life.
In flight services
With the arrival of its new Boeing 777-300ER and Airbus A330-200 aircraft, Jet Airways has introduced a new cabin with upgraded seats in all classes. The Boeing 777-300ER aircraft feature three classes of service: First, Première (Business), and Economy. The Airbus A330-200 aircraft feature two classes: Première and Economy. All A330-200 and 777-300ER aircraft have this feature. 737 aircraft are configured differently. Jet Airways has a 5 star rated Business and First Class, and is in the top 5 business class reviewed by Skytrax. Economy class has been reviewed as a 4 star product by Skytrax.
First Class
First class is available on all Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. All seats convert to a fully flat bed, similar to Singapore Airlines suites but smaller. It was the first airline in the world to have private suites, shortly before Emirates. All seats feature a 23-inch Widescreen LCD monitor with audio video on-demand (AVOD), in seat power supply, and USB ports etc. Jet Airways is the first airline in India to have fully-enclosed first class suites on its aircraft; each suite has a closeable door, making for a private compartment. It is the 3rd best First Class in the world as conducted by Skytrax. The only airlines that surpass Jet in First Class are Singapore Airlines and Emirates.
Première Class
Première Class (Business Class) on the Airbus A330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER international fleet features a fully-flat bed with AVOD entertainment. Seats are configured in a herringbone pattern (1-2-1 on the Boeing 777, and 1-1-1 on the Airbus A330), with each seat offering direct access to the aisle. USB ports and in-seat laptop power are provided. Mood lighting is installed on the A330-200 and B777-300ER, with different light schemes corresponding to the time of day and flight position.
On the shorthaul/domestic Boeing 737, approximately half the fleet is equipped with AVOD. All seats are standard recliner Business Class seats. On some Boeing 737s, the business class seats feature greater recline, added footrest, and are operated electronically (aircraft with AVOD). It has been voted 5-star by Skytrax.
Economy Class
Economy class on the Boeing 777-300ER, Boeing 737, and A330-200 feature 32-inch seat pitch. All 777/A330, as well as some Boeing 737 aircraft, feature a touch screen AVOD system. Seats on the 777/A330 feature a "hammock-style" net footrest. The cabin is configured in 3-3-3 abreast on the 777, 2-4-2 on the A330, and 3-3 in the 737.
Airline agreements
Jet Airways has commercial agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Canada
- Air France
- American Airlines
- Austrian
- Brussels Airlines
- Gulf Air
- Jet Lite
- KLM
- Lufthansa
- Northwest Airlines
- Qantas
- South African Airways
- Swiss International Airlines
- Thai Airways International
- Virgin Atlantic Airways
Codeshare Agreements
Jet Airways has codeshare agreements with the following airlines:
- Air Canada(Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal, and Edmonton)
- American Airlines(Baltimore, Boston, Cleveland, Dallas(Fort Worth), Raleigh-Durham and Washington(Reagan)
- Brussels Airlines(Birmingham, Madrid, Lyon, Vienna, Berlin and Barcelona)
- Qantas(Australia-Singapore flights operated by Qantas with Jet Airways codes, Singapore-India flights operated by Jet Airways with Qantas codes)
External links
- Official website
- Jet Airways
- Fleet Information
- Indian Aviation Business news report on Bloomberg
- News timeline for Jet Airways
- Jet Airways buyout of Air Sahara on BBC news
References
"JET files suit for 500Cr"Agarwal Today report