Jet Airways to muscle in on SAA territory in 2008

Top Indian airline Jet Airways is set to take to the South African skies from next year.
Jet will begin operating between Johannesburg and Mumbai three times a week from April, muscling in on the South African Airways service to the subcontinent.
SAA currently flies four times a week to Mumbai from Johannesburg.
Jet is also looking at extending its operation to Durban, with direct flights from the city to Mumbai.
“Jet Airways has started its preparation for opening the route between India and South Africa, and plans to start flying with effect from the summer schedule 2008 on the Mumbai-Johannesburg route,” said Jet CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
India’s consul-general in Durban, Harsh Vardhan Shringla, welcomed Jet’s introduction into the South African market, saying it would make India a “step closer for locals”.
“I have been in discussions with the Jet team. They are going to start taking orders from January. They already have an office set up in Johannesburg and are looking at Durban next,” said Shringla.
He said Air India was also considering relaunching in South Africa, “particularly linking Durban to north and south India”.
The airline stopped operating between South Africa and India a few years ago.
11/11/07 suthentira Govender/The Times, South Africa

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