Jet announces direct flights to Kuwait, Bahrain

NEW DELHI: Jet Airways, the country's first private airliner to fly to Gulf, on Thursday announced launching of direct flights to Kuwait and Bahrain from January 5 next year.

Jet Airways will initially launch two daily direct flights on the Kochi-Kuwait-Kochi and Kochi-Bahrain-Kochi sectors. The airline will also operate daily direct flights on the Mumbai-Bahrain-Mumbai and Delhi-Kuwait-Delhi sectors, effective January 5, 2008.

"Jet Airways is proud to be the first Indian private sector carrier to fly to the Gulf. With a large number of Indians living and working in the Gulf, flights to these sectors consistently register high load factors," Chief Executive Officer of JET Wolfgang Prock-Schauer said.

Jet Airways flight 9W 574 (Kochi-Kuwait) will depart from Kochi at 1940 hours and arrive at Kuwait International Airport at 2220 hours. The return flight will depart Kuwait at 1230 hours and arrive at Kochi at 2020 hours.

Jet Airways flight 9W 594 (Kochi-Bahrain) will depart Kochi at 1750 hours and arrive at Bahrain at 2000 hours while its return flight will depart Bahrain at 0845 hours and arrive at Kochi at 1610 hours.

The Delhi-Kuwait flight will leave IGI Airport at 0900 hours and arrive at Kuwait at 1100 hours and would return at 2350 hours and arrive at Delhi at 0630 hours.

Jet Airways flight 9W 592 (Mumbai-Bahrain) will depart from Mumbais Airport at 0605 hours and arrive at Bahrain at 0715 hours. On the return leg, flight 9W 591 (Bahrain-Mumbai) will depart Bahrain International Airport at 2130 hours and arrive at Mumbai Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 0350 hours.