A low cost brand of Jet Airways, Jet Konnect was launched on 8th May, 2009 with a fleet of 8 aircrafts. Since its inception, Jet Konnect is getting rapid popularity and more routes are added on frequent intervals to meet the demands of the air travellers. In fact, Jet Konnect is not a low cost airline, but it was a new concept introduced by Jet Airways. Jet Konnect was launched with the aim to make use of spare aircrafts from non-profitable routes that were earlier discontinued by the parent company due to low passenger load factors. Jet Konnect is a based in Mumbai and offers its services for all metros as well as second tier cities like Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bagdogra, Bhavnagar, Bhopal, Coimbatore, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kochi, Madurai, Mangalore, Pune, Udaipur and Vadodara. Jet airways Konnect flight fares are 10 to 15 percent cheaper than Jet Airways, and passengers on-board are provided all in-flight services expect the meals and beverages that are available on paid basis. With Jet Konnect flights travellers can also avail the benefit of JetPrivilege’s mileage points. Jet Konnect flights tickets can be booked on the official website of Jet airways. Remember, Jet Konnect flights are in the series of 9W 2000-2999.
Jet Konnect Baggage Rules
As per the Jet Konnect baggage policy, 30 kgs of baggage for Premium-Class guests and 20 Kgs of baggage for Economy-Class guests is acceptable free of charge. For excess baggage, a surcharge will be levied. Jet Konnect cabin baggage policy states that only one hand bag with dimensions of 115 square centimetres is permissible. Apart from cabin baggage size, its weight should also be taken care of – it must not exceed 7 kgs. In addition to this, guests are allowed to carry one laptop over and above the cabin bag. Guest travelling from Jammu and Kashmir will not be allowed to carry any cabin baggage.
Jet Konnect Airlines Sector
Jet Konnect operates its flights across major sectors like Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Bhopal, Mumbai-Bhavnagar, Mumbai-Chennai, Mumbai-Delhi, Mumbai-Jaipur, Mumbai-Jodhpur, Mumbai-Kochi, Mumbai-Mangalore, Mumbai-Udaipur, Mumbai-Vadodara, Delhi-Mumbai, Delhi-Amritsar, Delhi Bagdogra, Delhi-Vadodara, Chennai-Bangalore, Chennai-Coimbatore, Chennai-Kochi, Chennai-Madurai, Bangalore-Mangalore, Bangalore-Hyderabad, Bangalore-Kolkata, Bangalore-Pune and Mangalore-Mumbai.
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Monday, July 27, 2009
Jet Air plans Jet Konnect Intl operations
Jet Airways touched an intraday high of Rs 244.10 and an intraday low of Rs 234. At 12:25 pm, the share was quoting at Rs 241.70, down Rs 5.3, or 2.15%.
The company is planning Jet Konnect International operations, said official, quoting NW18, reports CNBC-TV18.
It was trading with volumes of 67,145 shares. Yesterday the share closed up 0.43% or Rs 1.05 at Rs 247.
The company is planning Jet Konnect International operations, said official, quoting NW18, reports CNBC-TV18.
It was trading with volumes of 67,145 shares. Yesterday the share closed up 0.43% or Rs 1.05 at Rs 247.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
When the food takes flight
My mother visited me recently and when I went to the airport to pick her up I found her looking vaguely miffed. “Jet Airways must be in a
really bad shape,” she told me. “Can you believe, we had to pay for our food? And it wasn’t even a budget airline!” She said she’d had a chicken sandwich and it was decent, but she felt sorry for the air crew who had to manage (a) informing passengers that food had to be paid for, (b) telling them about the options, and (c) handling the cash.
It’s doubtless tough on kids who thought they’d be escaping Barista jobs to find themselves doing the same up in the air. But my mother was unfair on Jet. The airline, like all carriers, is hardly in the best shape, but the paid meal was not a sign of that, but an attempt to find a solution. Without realising it she had booked herself on Jet Airways Konnect, their new semi-budget service, which offers most of the usual Jet experience, just minus the
“free” meals.
Whether this will be enough to make Jet profitable, I don’t know. There’s a much quoted figure about the airline business worldwide spending $40 billion on meals, but I still find it hard to believe that cutting reheated portions of puri-bhaji is going to make that much difference. It seems a somewhat symbolic gesture and it’s actually one I rather welcome. Because it might open the way to make airline eating really interesting again. I’m talking, please note, of Economy/Coach food.
Airlines love doing stories about how they’re getting top chefs to design their menus, and how well they score on surveys like a recent Esquire one which lauded Jet for serving popcorn on their international flights to go with their special entertainment menu. But all this is in first class or business, and while many ET readers will be flying that, most of us will be going Economy when we’re paying our own way (and even when our companies are, these days).
When airlines first started serving food, their model seemed simple – copy the trains which were their main competition. Guillaume de Syon, an American historian who has researched airline food, says that Air Union, a precursor of Air France, simply got railway caterers to produce similar food. And they found that nervous passengers, most of them flying for the first time, welcomed the food for reasons more than just being hungry: “The need to pass time and experience something in common while in the air means that... passengers actually look forward to the dining event,” writes de Syon.
This was enough to make meals standard on planes and the first dedicated flight kitchen was set up by United Airlines in 1936. The problem really started when planes started flying higher and pressurised cabins became standard from the 1950s onwards. Pressurisation curtailed kitchen operations and also affected the taste of food, by dehydrating our tastebuds and making them less receptive. Cold cabin temperatures also ensured food cooled fast. The range that could be served reduced, yet passengers were harder to please.
As it happens the 1950s also marked Air India’s ascent of as one of the world’s best airlines. It’s hard for us to imagine this, as we follow our national carrier’s desperate attempts to stay aloft, but it really was seen as such then, and its food was an important part of it. “Even the Economy food was good, just simpler versions of First Class food,” recalls a friend who was in cabin crew at that time. It probably helped that Indian food was discovered to be the one cuisine that stood up to pressurisation quite well.
Much Indian food anyway tastes better made ahead and reheated, lukewarm is the usual temperature we eat at (so it doesn’t burn our hands) and spiciness compensates for the deadened tastebuds. Air India flights like its London-New York hop became popular both for the low fare and the curry that was served. And despite all its problems, its worth noting that Air India has retained its reputation for food. AirlineMeals.net, a website that obsessively, and mostly critically, tracks airline food, has a soft spot for Air India, with much appreciative comments in particular for its “deep fried curried breaded prawns” and Alphonso mangoes (not in Economy, obviously).
really bad shape,” she told me. “Can you believe, we had to pay for our food? And it wasn’t even a budget airline!” She said she’d had a chicken sandwich and it was decent, but she felt sorry for the air crew who had to manage (a) informing passengers that food had to be paid for, (b) telling them about the options, and (c) handling the cash.
It’s doubtless tough on kids who thought they’d be escaping Barista jobs to find themselves doing the same up in the air. But my mother was unfair on Jet. The airline, like all carriers, is hardly in the best shape, but the paid meal was not a sign of that, but an attempt to find a solution. Without realising it she had booked herself on Jet Airways Konnect, their new semi-budget service, which offers most of the usual Jet experience, just minus the
“free” meals.
Whether this will be enough to make Jet profitable, I don’t know. There’s a much quoted figure about the airline business worldwide spending $40 billion on meals, but I still find it hard to believe that cutting reheated portions of puri-bhaji is going to make that much difference. It seems a somewhat symbolic gesture and it’s actually one I rather welcome. Because it might open the way to make airline eating really interesting again. I’m talking, please note, of Economy/Coach food.
Airlines love doing stories about how they’re getting top chefs to design their menus, and how well they score on surveys like a recent Esquire one which lauded Jet for serving popcorn on their international flights to go with their special entertainment menu. But all this is in first class or business, and while many ET readers will be flying that, most of us will be going Economy when we’re paying our own way (and even when our companies are, these days).
When airlines first started serving food, their model seemed simple – copy the trains which were their main competition. Guillaume de Syon, an American historian who has researched airline food, says that Air Union, a precursor of Air France, simply got railway caterers to produce similar food. And they found that nervous passengers, most of them flying for the first time, welcomed the food for reasons more than just being hungry: “The need to pass time and experience something in common while in the air means that... passengers actually look forward to the dining event,” writes de Syon.
This was enough to make meals standard on planes and the first dedicated flight kitchen was set up by United Airlines in 1936. The problem really started when planes started flying higher and pressurised cabins became standard from the 1950s onwards. Pressurisation curtailed kitchen operations and also affected the taste of food, by dehydrating our tastebuds and making them less receptive. Cold cabin temperatures also ensured food cooled fast. The range that could be served reduced, yet passengers were harder to please.
As it happens the 1950s also marked Air India’s ascent of as one of the world’s best airlines. It’s hard for us to imagine this, as we follow our national carrier’s desperate attempts to stay aloft, but it really was seen as such then, and its food was an important part of it. “Even the Economy food was good, just simpler versions of First Class food,” recalls a friend who was in cabin crew at that time. It probably helped that Indian food was discovered to be the one cuisine that stood up to pressurisation quite well.
Much Indian food anyway tastes better made ahead and reheated, lukewarm is the usual temperature we eat at (so it doesn’t burn our hands) and spiciness compensates for the deadened tastebuds. Air India flights like its London-New York hop became popular both for the low fare and the curry that was served. And despite all its problems, its worth noting that Air India has retained its reputation for food. AirlineMeals.net, a website that obsessively, and mostly critically, tracks airline food, has a soft spot for Air India, with much appreciative comments in particular for its “deep fried curried breaded prawns” and Alphonso mangoes (not in Economy, obviously).
Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Hyderabad-Dubai flights
Hyderabad-Dubai flights
Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, has launched daily, non-stop services between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Mumbai. In addition, Jet Airways is planning to launch daily, direct services between Hyderabad in India and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from August 16, 2009 – the airline’s 5th daily flight to the UAE from India.
The Jeddah-Mumbai flight, which took off on July 14, 2009, is Jet Airways’ first flight to Saudi Arabia, and Jeddah is the airline’s 7th destination in the Persian Gulf region.
Jeddah is the second biggest city in Saudi Arabia and also a commercial hub. It is the main gateway to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam.
Jet Airways’ Flight 9W 521 leaves Jeddah at 0100 hours and reaches Mumbai at 0835 hours. In the return direction, Flight 9W 522 takes of from Mumbai at 2135 hours and lands in Jeddah at 0001 hours.
Jet Airways already flies from major cities in India to Kuwait, Muscat, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi – offering seamless connections domestically and internationally, a press release from the carrier said.
Fareed Al Alawi, Jet Airways’ vice-president (Gulf & Middle East), said in the press release that, for the inaugural flight between Mumbai and Jeddah, the airline used a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that offers personalised in-flight entertainment on every seat, gourmet cuisine as well as world-class service.
For the service on the Hyderabad-Dubai route, set to start on August 16, 2009, Jet Airways will use a Boeing 737-800 plane.
From August 16, 2009 to October 24, 2009, and from March 28, 2010, to October 30, 2010, Jet Airways’ Flight 9W 550 will take off from Hyderabad at 0840 hours and land in Dubai at 1100 hours.
On the return leg, Flight 9W 549 will leave Dubai at 1200 hours and reach Hyderabad at 1710 hours.
From October 25, 2009 to March 27, 2010, Flight 9W 550 will leave Hyderabad at 0840 hours and land in Dubai at 1120 hours. In the return direction, Flight 9W 549 will take of from Dubai at 1220 hours and touch down in Hyderabad at 1710 hours.
At present, Jet Airways operates twice-a-day services to Dubai from Mumbai, and once-a-day services to Dubai from New Delhi and Chennai.
With the launch of the Hyderabad-Dubai flight, Jet Airways will be operating a total of 17 frequencies to 7 destinations in the Persian Gulf region from various cities in India.
Jet Airways, based in Mumbai, India, has launched daily, non-stop services between Jeddah in Saudi Arabia and Mumbai. In addition, Jet Airways is planning to launch daily, direct services between Hyderabad in India and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) from August 16, 2009 – the airline’s 5th daily flight to the UAE from India.
The Jeddah-Mumbai flight, which took off on July 14, 2009, is Jet Airways’ first flight to Saudi Arabia, and Jeddah is the airline’s 7th destination in the Persian Gulf region.
Jeddah is the second biggest city in Saudi Arabia and also a commercial hub. It is the main gateway to Mecca, the holiest city of Islam.
Jet Airways’ Flight 9W 521 leaves Jeddah at 0100 hours and reaches Mumbai at 0835 hours. In the return direction, Flight 9W 522 takes of from Mumbai at 2135 hours and lands in Jeddah at 0001 hours.
Jet Airways already flies from major cities in India to Kuwait, Muscat, Bahrain, Dubai, Doha, and Abu Dhabi – offering seamless connections domestically and internationally, a press release from the carrier said.
Fareed Al Alawi, Jet Airways’ vice-president (Gulf & Middle East), said in the press release that, for the inaugural flight between Mumbai and Jeddah, the airline used a Boeing 737-800 aircraft that offers personalised in-flight entertainment on every seat, gourmet cuisine as well as world-class service.
For the service on the Hyderabad-Dubai route, set to start on August 16, 2009, Jet Airways will use a Boeing 737-800 plane.
From August 16, 2009 to October 24, 2009, and from March 28, 2010, to October 30, 2010, Jet Airways’ Flight 9W 550 will take off from Hyderabad at 0840 hours and land in Dubai at 1100 hours.
On the return leg, Flight 9W 549 will leave Dubai at 1200 hours and reach Hyderabad at 1710 hours.
From October 25, 2009 to March 27, 2010, Flight 9W 550 will leave Hyderabad at 0840 hours and land in Dubai at 1120 hours. In the return direction, Flight 9W 549 will take of from Dubai at 1220 hours and touch down in Hyderabad at 1710 hours.
At present, Jet Airways operates twice-a-day services to Dubai from Mumbai, and once-a-day services to Dubai from New Delhi and Chennai.
With the launch of the Hyderabad-Dubai flight, Jet Airways will be operating a total of 17 frequencies to 7 destinations in the Persian Gulf region from various cities in India.
Monday, July 13, 2009
Jet offers special base fares on select routes
Private air-carrier, Jet Airways today announced a special 5-day base fares, excluding taxes and surcharge, on some key routes across
the country.
These special fares, which are in the Rs 150-Rs 900 range, are applicable only on flights departing between 12.30 pm-4.30 pm and 8.30 pm and 7 am on sectors such as Srinagar-Jammu, Guwahati-Imphal, Indore-Mumbai and Mumbai-Chennai, among others, a company release said here.
The tickets under the offer, effective from today, can be booked up to July 27 and the travel on these tickets would be valid till March 31, 2010, the release said.
Jet Airways, Jet Konnect and JetLite offer a special base fare of Rs 150 on routes including Srinagar-Jammu, Guwahati-Imphal, Mumbai-Raipur and Indore-Mumbai, it said.
On routes such as Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Mumbai/Pune, Huderabad-Delhi, the special fares would be Rs 400, the release said, adding, on Sectors such as Guwahati-Delhi and Mumbai-Kolkata, the special base offer is Rs 900.
the country.
These special fares, which are in the Rs 150-Rs 900 range, are applicable only on flights departing between 12.30 pm-4.30 pm and 8.30 pm and 7 am on sectors such as Srinagar-Jammu, Guwahati-Imphal, Indore-Mumbai and Mumbai-Chennai, among others, a company release said here.
The tickets under the offer, effective from today, can be booked up to July 27 and the travel on these tickets would be valid till March 31, 2010, the release said.
Jet Airways, Jet Konnect and JetLite offer a special base fare of Rs 150 on routes including Srinagar-Jammu, Guwahati-Imphal, Mumbai-Raipur and Indore-Mumbai, it said.
On routes such as Mumbai-Chennai, Delhi-Mumbai/Pune, Huderabad-Delhi, the special fares would be Rs 400, the release said, adding, on Sectors such as Guwahati-Delhi and Mumbai-Kolkata, the special base offer is Rs 900.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Jewellery stolen from flier’s bags
A Jet Airways passenger has alleged that he found his luggage had been tampered with and gold jewellery stolen from a suitcase when he claimed the bags at Dum Dum airport today.
Swambhu Saran Mitra, who flew in from Agartala at 6.30pm, said he found that two of his four bags had broken locks and torn Jet Airways seals when they emerged on the conveyor belt. “One bag had a lock missing but the Jet Airways sticker was intact. But the VIP suitcase lock was broken and the sticker also torn,” Mitra, who had gone to Agartala with his family, said.
He contacted the airline’s security personnel. “I opened the bag and suitcase in front of them. The jewellery box that was at the bottom of the suitcase was on top and empty,” said Mitra, who works in Dubai. The box had a gold necklace, two pairs of gold earrings and a gold bangle. “The jewellery will be worth at least Rs 1.5 lakh.”
The airline has said it will probe Mitra’s case. The CISF has confirmed that the locks were found broken.
Swambhu Saran Mitra, who flew in from Agartala at 6.30pm, said he found that two of his four bags had broken locks and torn Jet Airways seals when they emerged on the conveyor belt. “One bag had a lock missing but the Jet Airways sticker was intact. But the VIP suitcase lock was broken and the sticker also torn,” Mitra, who had gone to Agartala with his family, said.
He contacted the airline’s security personnel. “I opened the bag and suitcase in front of them. The jewellery box that was at the bottom of the suitcase was on top and empty,” said Mitra, who works in Dubai. The box had a gold necklace, two pairs of gold earrings and a gold bangle. “The jewellery will be worth at least Rs 1.5 lakh.”
The airline has said it will probe Mitra’s case. The CISF has confirmed that the locks were found broken.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Jet Airways: Don't Expect Delay in Boeing 787 Delivery
Jet Airways (India) Ltd. said Wednesday it doesn't expect any delay in the delivery of its 787 Dreamliner planes from Boeing Co.
Boeing has postponed the first flight of its next-generation aircraft, scheduled to occur by the end of this month, due to structural problems that could hamper maneuverability.
"Our delivery dates are far off," Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Jet's chief executive, told Dow Jones Newswires by phone.
"Boeing might come on track with their delivery schedule. We do not foresee any delay in delivery of the planes," he said.
The latest delay is the fifth time Boeing has put off the program due to hitches in the plane's design or production.
Jet, the country's second-largest carrier by marketshare, had placed an order for 10 of the aircraft, with an option for 10 more, in December 2006. Deliveries were due to start from 2011.
Boeing has postponed the first flight of its next-generation aircraft, scheduled to occur by the end of this month, due to structural problems that could hamper maneuverability.
"Our delivery dates are far off," Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, Jet's chief executive, told Dow Jones Newswires by phone.
"Boeing might come on track with their delivery schedule. We do not foresee any delay in delivery of the planes," he said.
The latest delay is the fifth time Boeing has put off the program due to hitches in the plane's design or production.
Jet, the country's second-largest carrier by marketshare, had placed an order for 10 of the aircraft, with an option for 10 more, in December 2006. Deliveries were due to start from 2011.
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