Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Jet Airways to shift western hub to Amsterdam from Brussels

MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India's second biggest airline by marketshare, Monday announced it will shift its western hub to Amsterdam from Brussels, aligning operations with strategic partner Etihad Airways.

The Abu Dhabi based airline owns 24 per cent in Jet. ET had reported Jet-Etihad's plans on July 17 last year.

"With effect from March 27, 2016, Jet AirwaysBSE 2.41 % will operate two daily non-stop flights to Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, one each from...Mumbai and New Delhi. Jet Airways will also operate a daily flight from Toronto to Amsterdam," the airline said in a statement.

It will also get into codeshare with KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and Delta Air Lines, partners of Etihad, and connect passengers to 30 European destinations via Amsterdam. Key destinations include Brussels, Berlin, Copenhagen, Munich, Madrid, Geneva and Vienna operated by KLM. Jet will also codeshare with KLM and Delta on 11 destinations between India and the United States and Canada including New York JFK, Newark, Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Vancouver and Montreal.
14/12/15 Anirban Chowdhury/The Economic Times
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