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Jet Airways launches low-cost service Jet Konnect

New Delhi, May 07, 2009: Jet Airways, one of the leading private carriers of India announced that it will launch a new economy service, 'Jet Airways Konnect', from Friday, May 08, 2009. In a regulatory statement the company said that Jet Konnect would offer almost all services of the parent carrier Jet Airways and would help the airline cater to the needs of the consumers opting for low-fare services. "The only difference will be that Jet Konnect travellers will have to buy their meals on-board," said the company.

Further the statement said, the ground and in-flight services of Jet Konnect will be handled by the airline employees. Initially, it will operate with two 737 and six ATR aircrafts in sectors like Chennai-Coimbatore, Chennai-Madurai, Chennai-Kochi, Mumbai-Ahmedabad, Mumbai-Bhopal, Mumbai-Udaipur, Bangalore-Pune and Bangalore-Mangalore.

Jet Airways chief commercial officer Sudheer Raghavan said, "Consumer demands are changing rapidly in a dynamic global environment. We believe Jet Airways Konnect service will give us the flexibility and speed to deploy capacity to meet these changing trends."