Jet hopes to expand European operations
Jet Airways hopes to expand its European operations by adding Berlin, Lyon and Barcelona in its international network through agreement with Brussels Airlines. Easy flight
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BERLIN: Jet Airways, India's largest private airline, hopes to expand its European operations by adding Berlin, Lyon and Barcelona in its international network through a code-sharing agreement with Brussels Airlines, possibly by the end of this month.
Jet Airways also wants to build an "India brand" in international aviation and to become one of the world's five top airlines.
The new services, would provide Jet Airways passengers travelling from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai seamless connections from Brussels to Berlin, Lyon and Barcelona and vice-versa on Brussels Airlines flights, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal has said at the current 42nd International Tourism Exchange, the world's largest tourism fair in Berlin.
If approved by the respective governments, the services could take off as early as on March 30, and sale of tickets would begin on March 10, Goyal said at the ITB.
The services to Templehof Airport in Berlin would be the first by an Indian airline.
Jet Airways also wants to build an "India brand" in international aviation and to become one of the world's five top airlines.
The new services, would provide Jet Airways passengers travelling from Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai seamless connections from Brussels to Berlin, Lyon and Barcelona and vice-versa on Brussels Airlines flights, Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal has said at the current 42nd International Tourism Exchange, the world's largest tourism fair in Berlin.
If approved by the respective governments, the services could take off as early as on March 30, and sale of tickets would begin on March 10, Goyal said at the ITB.
The services to Templehof Airport in Berlin would be the first by an Indian airline.
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Goyal said the airlines intended to use its seven-month old European hub in Brussels to build up its international operations by connecting other Indian cities like Hyderabad, Bangalore, Ahmedabad and Kolkata to the US and Canada, besides taking up new European cities like Munich and Milan.
The Chairman said there has been a 12 per cent growth since the airline began its services in August, 2007.
Jet has a target of one million passengers to use its Brussels hub annually by 2010.
On his plans to build a India brand in the international aviation sector, he said: "We are committed to create an India brand and high standard of quality will be of utmost importance for our services."
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Jet Airways wants to match the services of the world's top airlines such as the German airline Lufthansa or Cathy Pacific, he said. The Brussels hub of Jet, the first by an Indian airline outside Asia, is a joint project between Jet Airways, Brussels Airline and the Brussels Airport.
Jet said the Brussels hub would continue to grow as new flights linking Indian cities such as Bangalore, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad and Kolkata to Chicago, Los Angeles and Vancouver are introduced. The number of international destinations will double in June, this year from 10 in November, 2007.
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