Jet, set, go from Mumbai-Paris
The enhanced code share with Air France offers complementary timings between Mumbai and Paris. It offers seamless and convenient connectivity beyond Paris to over 23 European destinations.
Jet Airways recently launched its inaugural direct flight from Mumbai to Paris. The services to Paris Charles de Gaulle, France, will be operated using an Airbus A330 flight four days a week on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. The flight will become a daily operation with effect from June 26, 2014. Just ahead of the take off of its inaugural flight from Mumbai’s new Terminal T2, Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport, the airline conducted a lamplighting ceremony, which was led by Chief Guest JeanRaphael Peytregnet, Consul General for France in Mumbai, other dignitaries and senior management from Jet Airways.
Jet Airways flight 9W 124 duly took off from Terminal T2 at the Chattrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 1200 hours with a full complement of Premiere and Economy Class guests and will arrive at Paris Charles De Gaulle airport on at 1750 hours (local time).
The airline also announced that it had expanded its codeshare partnership with Air France, thus offering guests access to network connectivity between Europe and India via Paris. As per the new expanded code-share, both carriers will place their marketing codes on each other’s flights on the Mumbai – Paris trunk route. This will leave guests with a choice of a dual frequency as an additional schedule option, offering convenient timings by providing a morning and evening departure and arrival at both the destinations. This codeshare is already open for sale for travel effective May 25, 2014.
Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice President – Commercial, Jet Airways, commented that that it is going to be a good partnership, and that Jet Airways and Air France complement each other with these services. The customers can arrive into Paris, finish off with a full day’s work, and leave at night.Passengers will now have connectivity to 23 cities beyond Paris, in the European Union. “We do not have a plan as to which other Indian cities they would fly from, other than Mumbai as of now. Any other European destinations are targetted only after seeing how the numbers stack up.”