Jet Airways Takes Delivery Of Airbus A330-200 Aircraft At The Berlin Air Show

Released on: May 29, 2008, 3:03 am

Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: May 27, 2008: Indian based international carrier Jet Airways
has taken delivery of its latest Airbus A330-200 aircraft.Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways
Chairman, formally accepted the aircraft at a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show (ILA)
in presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Airbus President and CEO Tom
Enders.

Press Release Body: The delivery is from an order for a total of 15 Airbus A330-200
aircraft placed between 2005 and 2007.An initial order for 10 aircraft was signed in
October 2005 and this was increased to 15 in December 2007. Today's A330-200 is the
airline's seventh owned aircraft directly received from Airbus.The first aircraft
was delivered in April 2007.

Jet Airways is deploying the aircraft on new far Eastern routes to serve Hong Kong
and to expand services to Europe and the Middle East.The aircraft will be configured
in two classes with a total of 220 seats.

The customised aircraft for Jet Airways will be configured with 30 seats in Premire
in the 'Herringbone configuration' with seats that electronically converts to an
enormous 180 degree flat bed with lumbar support and massage systems.

"The introduction in 2006 of the A330 into our existing fleet was seamless", said
Naresh Goyal,Jet Airways Chairman."The A330 fits in well with our strategy to
operate fuel efficient aircraft which also have low operating costs.The aircraft
also provides our customers with the most modern and comfortable cabin in its
sector," he added.

Jet Airways operates A330s between India and its Brussels European hub in Belgium
and onto Canada and North America. The company plans to deploy the additional A330s
on regional and long haul international flights.

"India is experiencing the world's fastest passenger traffic growth in the near term
and we are delighted to be a part of these exciting times through our partnership
with Jet Airways. The A330 is a fantastically efficient aircraft, and also offers
leading standards of passenger comfort," said Tom Enders, Airbus CEO.

With a true wide-body fuselage allowing very high comfort standards, the A330-200 is
able to accommodate seat and class configurations to suit diverse customer
requirements. It has a range of up to 6,750 nm / 12,500 km with a full passenger
load. Its large under-floor cargo holds can also carry standard pallets and
containers side-by-side.

It also has the excellent operational flexibility necessary to serve a wide range of
route structures, providing operators with very low operating cost per seat. Its
proven record of economy and superior passenger comfort provides operators with a
significant competitive advantage in the market today. Airbus is an EADS company.

Jet Airways, the Spirit of New India:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 83 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing
777-300 ER aircraft, 9 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation
Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 10 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.
With an average fleet age of 4.39 years, the airline has one of the youngest
aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.

Flights to 60 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond,
including New York (both JFK and Newark) Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong
Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain,
Muscat, Doha and Abu Dhabi. The airline plans to extend its international operations
to other cities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia in phases with the
introduction of additional wide-body aircraft into its fleet.

Jet Airways
Public Relations
New Delhi & Mumbai, India
May 2008

Jet Airways (I) Ltd

Ragini Chopra
Vice President - Corporate Communications & PR
New Delhi, India
Tel: +91-11-4164 5080
Fax: +91-11-4609 5084
raginic@jetairways.com

A.K. Sivanandan
Sr. General Manager - PR
New Delhi, India
Tel: +91-11-2652 3357
Fax: +91-11-2652 3348
asivanandan@jetairways.com

Srirupa Sen
Manager - PR
Mumbai,India
Tel: +91-22-2852 3648
Fax: +91-22-2920 4437
ssen@jetairways.com

Web Site: http://www.jetairways.com

Contact Details: Jet Airways (India) Ltd. S.M. Centre,
Andheri-Kurla Road,
Andheri (East),
Mumbai - 400059
India
Phone: +91 22 4019 1000
Fax: +91 22 2920 1313
pdriver@jetairways.com

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