Jet Airways Announces Daily,Direct Flights Between Thiruvananthapuram and Muscat,September 15,2008

Released on: September 8, 2008, 1:18 am

Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver

Industry: Transportation & Logistics

Press Release Summary: September 02,2008: Jet Airways will connect the capital
cities of the Indian state of Kerala & the Sultanate of Oman,Thiruvananthapuram and
Muscat respectively,with daily,direct flights, Sept 15,2008.

Press Release Body: Jet Airways will operate these services with its
state-of-the-art, internationally-configured Boeing 737-800 aircraft with a
two-class configuration: Premi�re and Economy.

The new flight will complement Jet Airways� existing daily service on the
Mumbai-Muscat sector.

Jet Airways� flight 9W 530 (Thiruvananthapuram-Muscat) will depart
Thiruvananthapuram at 0755 hrs and arrive Muscat at 1030 hrs.On the return leg,
flight 9W 529 (Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram) will depart Muscat at 0030 hrs and arrive
Thiruvananthapuram at 0535 hrs.

Announcing the launch of these services,Mr.Wolfgang Prock-Schauer,CEO,Jet Airways
said,�In a remarkably short span of time,Jet Airways has established a dominant
presence on the important Kerala-West Asia sector, on the strength of its superior
in-flight product and service standards. In a bid to further enhance its
connectivity on this sector,and in line with passenger demand,the airline is proud
to be the first private Indian airline to connect Muscat and Thiruvananthapuram.�

With the launch of this new flight,Jet Airways will fly to six destinations in the
Gulf (Kuwait,Bahrain,Muscat,Doha,Abu Dhabi and Dubai) from five gateway points in
India:Kozhikode,Kochi,Thiruvananthapuram,Mumbai and Delhi.

About Jet Airways:

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 85 aircraft,which includes 10 Boeing
777-300 ER aircraft,10 Airbus A330-200 aircraft,54 classic and next generation
Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 11 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.With
an average fleet age of 4.28 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft
fleet in the world.Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.

About JetLite:

JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd.and was acquired by
Jet Airways in April 2007.Positioned as a value based Airline,JetLite promises to
offer value for money.JetLite currently operates a fleet of 24 aircraft,which
includes 17 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series.JetLite
operates 141 flights every day to 30 domestic destinations and 2 international
destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo).

Jet Airways with the acquisition of JetLite, today has a combined fleet strength of
109 aircraft and offer customers a schedule of over 526 flights daily.

Jet Airways
Public Relations
New Delhi & Mumbai,India
September 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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