Jet Airways, the first private airline from India to fly to the Kingdom, will start its Riyadh-Mumbai flight on Aug. 6, according to an official source at Jet Airways here. The airline has been operating daily Jeddah-Mumbai flights since July 15, and a Dammam-Mumbai flight is in the pipeline, he said. “Since the launch of the Jeddah-Mumbai operation, Jet Airways has had good passenger load,” said the official, who as per airline protocol was not allowed to reveal his name. He said Jet Airways will be very competitive in terms of air fare which is expected to be on a par with fares charged by Air India “but far exceed the national flag carrier in terms of on-time arrival and departure and in-flight service.” Jet Airways will operate Riyadh-Mumbai flights on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday. The airline will deploy the state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft for the Riyadh-Mumbai route with a capacity of 120 economy class and 24 business class seats, the airline official said. “Riyadh will be Jet Airways eighth destination in the Gulf,” he added. Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 86 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 50 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.53 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world. Besides its 63 international destinations, Jet Airways also operate to Jeddah, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai in the Gulf.
