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: Premire 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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