India’s Jet Airways to fly daily from San Francisco

Holi festival in Mumbai, IndiaJet Airways, one of India’s largest airlines, is fast expanding routes in North America.
The airline, which launched service to Mumbai from Toronto, Newark, New Jersey, and New York’s JFK airport in the last 12 months, is now announcing daily service starting May 5 from San Francisco to Mumbai, with a stop in Shanghai, China.
My mom flew Jet Airways from Newark to Mumbai this month, and liked its increased legroom (30-inch seat pitch, the airline says) and found the staff “very courteous.”
The airline, launched 15 years ago with domestic flights competing against the government-operated Indian Airlines, began international service in 2004. On the San Francisco-to-Mumbai route, it will fly Boeing 777 jets, with first- and business-class amenities that include 23-inch flat screens and seats that convert to flat beds. Passengers in first and premier classes will have Bose noise-canceling headphones for in-seat entertainment, the airline said. Round-trip introductory fares will run about $699, excluding taxes and fees, an airline spokesman said.
Vani Rangachar, Los Angeles Times Deputy Travel Editor/Los Angeles Times Blogs, USA

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Categories: Foreign Nov 2008, Jet Airways Nov 2008