Jet Airways to mulls increasing domestic services from Mangaluru

Mangaluru, Jan 3: Jet Airways on Saturday opened its new office at the Ram Bhavan complex near Navabharat Circle in Mangaluru. Nitte University Chancellor Vinay Hegde formally inaugurated the new premises.

Speaking on the occasion Jet Airways senior vice-president (commercial) Gaurang Shetty said Mangaluru continued to be an important destination for the airlines in terms of passengers and cargo. The airlines was serving this market to make the Mangaluru International Airport an important destination.

He said that there will be an increase in domestic services from Mangaluru in the future. The Indian domestic aviation market is witnessing robust growth. The Jet Airways is committed to contributing to this growth by providing enhanced connectivity in the futurre.

A total of 1,98,914 domestic passengers and 76,382 international passengers have flown in Jet Airways flights from Mangaluru between April, 2015 to December 23. The Jet Airways which commenced its operation in Mangaluru in 1993 with daily flight to Mumbai, now is the largest operating carrier out of IXE with 11 daily flights.

He said that the Jet airways has handled 288 tonnes of domestic and 279 tonnes of international cargo from Mangaluru between April 2015 and October 2015. The cargo handling was 67 tonnes of domestic and 98 tonnes of international cargo from April 2014 to March 2015.

He also announced the launch of daily non-stop services between India and Amsterdam with effect from March 27. The airline will operate two daily non-stop flights to Amsterdam Airport, one each from Mumbai and New Delhi. The flight from New Delhi to Amsterdam will also connect to Toronto, he said.

Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Karnataka Bank P. Jayarama Bhat also attended the function.