INDEPENDENT INDIAN carrier Jet Airways is expanding its fleet and sphere of influence. It has signed an agreement with Boeing for the lease of two 737-400s, which will bring its all-Boeing fleet to six 737-400s and four 737-300s.
The new aircraft are due to join the fleet in May and June, and will be used on four new routes linking Bombay (Mumbai) with Baroda, Jaipur and Trivandrum, and Madras with Trivandrum. Additional frequencies will be offered on routes from Bombay to Cochin, Delhi, Hyderabad and Madras.
Plans are also being made for the establishment of two feeder airlines - one in the west of India,in conjunction with Gujarat Industrial Investment and the State Industrial Investment Corporation of Maharashtra, and the other in the eastern sector, in collaboration with the Government of West Bengal, based on Calcutta.
Source: Flight International
