Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Jet Airways' Jetprivilege Partnership With Seventymm,Carlson Hotels,Sarovar Hotels & Resorts & Axis Bank

Mumbai,February 23,2009: Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege has entered into a partnership with Seventymm,Carlson Hotels worldWide,Sarovar Hotels & Resorts and Axis Bank,effective February 23,2009.

To enhance and offer a wide range of experiences through partner benefits to its members, JetPrivilege has partnered with Seventymm, making it their first entertainment partner, the first partnership of its kind in India. Seventymm is India’s largest movie rental service offering customers over 20,000 movies. JetPrivilege members may earn upto 750 JPMiles and enjoy exclusive discounts on new subscription/renewal plans offered by Seventymm.

In addition, the first such 10,000 new subscribers will also receive three Hollywood DVD’s worth INR 1500, absolutely free.

JetPrivilege has also entered into a partnership with Carlson Hotels Worldwide, which offers customers a choice of more than one thousand hotel locations in seventy-four countries. By this JetPrivilege members may earn upto 500 JPMiles during their stay at various participating Carlson hotels worldwide.

JetPrivilege members may also convert their Gold Points accumulated with Goldpoints plus (Carlson Hotel’s guest loyalty program) to JPMiles at the rate of 8 Gold Points= 1 JPMile.

This partnership offers JetPrivilege members the opportunity to earn JPmiles across five leading hotel brands in the Carlson Hotel portfolio: Regent® Hotels and Resorts, Radisson® Hotels & Resorts, Park Plaza® Hotels & Resorts, Country Inns & Suites CarlsonSM, and Park Inn®, that cover luxury, mid-range and affordable hotel properties.

JetPrivilege has also entered into a partnership with Sarovar Hotels and Resorts, India’s leading hotel management company and a pioneer in the mid-market hotel segment.

With this partnership,JetPrivilege members may earn upto 250 JPMiles during their stay at various participating Sarovar hotels.

Additionally,JetPrivilege members will also enjoy special benefits at participating Sarovar properties, including a 10% discount on food and non-alcoholic beverages and late check out till 15:00 hours*.

JetPrivilege Platinum members will also be entitled to an upgrade to the next room category/suite.*

Sarovar Hotels & Resorts manages and franchises 35 properties,from 3 to 5-Star hotels, across business,leisure and religious destinations in India under the brand names Sarovar Premiere, Sarovar Portico and Hometel.

JetPrivilege members will also enjoy additional benefits with the introduction of the new partnership with Axis Bank, a leading Indian private bank with over 729 branches across the country,offers customers banking services anywhere, anytime via a fully integrated centralized banking architecture.

JetPrivilege members who are Axis Bank Platinum and Gold Credit Cardholders may convert their PlusPoints into JPMiles.Platinum cardholders may convert their Pluspoints at the rate of 1000 PlusPoints = 1000 JPMiles;while Gold cardholders may convert their Pluspoints at the rate of 500 PlusPoints = 250 JPMiles.

For more information,JetPrivilege members may log onto jetairways.com

*Subject to availability

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Jet Airways And Malaysia Airlines Enhance Travel Connectivity & Privileges

Kuala Lumpur,(Feb 18, 2009): Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline and Malaysia Airlines have signed a code share and network-wide reciprocal Frequent Flyer partnership to provide its customers with enhanced travel connectivity and privileges.

Customers will enjoy a wider choice of flights, convenient onward connections in India and Malaysia with seamless transfers and through check-in, and the perks of frequent flyer membership.

Jet Airways will place its “9W” flight code on Malaysia Airlines’ flights operating between Kuala Lumpur and 5 major Indian cities, Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru (Bangalore) and Hyderabad.

In return, Malaysia Airlines will place its “MH” code on Jet Airways’ daily services between Chennai and Kuala Lumpur.

Tickets will be available for purchase from 25 February 2009 for travel commencing 3 March 2009.

In addition, customers will be able to earn and redeem miles when they travel with the respective airlines. This will benefit some 3 million customers comprising Jet Airways’ 1.5 million JetPrivilege members and Malaysia Airlines’ 1.5 million Enrich members.

Jet Airways Chairman, Mr. Naresh Goyal said “In addition to providing air travellers with a greater choice of flights between India and Kuala Lumpur, this new code-share agreement will offer customers of both our airlines with greater access to each other’s expanding global networks. They will enjoy a seamless travel experience, as well as the very high service standards that have earned both airlines global acclaim.”

Malaysia Airlines Managing Director/ Chief Executive Officer, Dato’ Sri Idris Jala said, “I am delighted to partner with Jet Airways as Malaysia Airlines work towards expanding and strengthening our hub-and-spoke network. This will allow us to capture untapped traffic from secondary points in India through the 5 Indian gateways onto MH’s network. Based on modest estimates, we expect to capture approximately 10% of the untapped potential traffic to Kuala Lumpur and beyond. This is valued at RM10 to 12 million per annum.”

Jet Airways and Malaysia Airlines currently have interline agreements for domestic points across India and Malaysia.

The Indian High Commissioner to Malaysia, His Excellency Mr Ashok K.Kantha and Malaysia Airlines Chairman, Tan Sri Dr Munir Majid were also present at the signing ceremony.

Monday, February 16, 2009

Jet Airways Introduces Special Valentine Fares To Singapore And Hong Kong From Mumbai

Mumbai, February 13, 2009: Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, has introduced special Valentine fares to Singapore and Hong Kong from Mumbai, with immediate effect.*

The special Valentine fares will entail a 30% discount on base return Economy Class and Première fares on these sectors.**

The offer is applicable for those passengers who complete their ticket purchase by February 18, 2009, and commence outbound travel on the Mumbai-Singapore sector between 18-19 February, 2009 and 23-27 February, 2009.

Passengers travelling on the Mumbai-Hong Kong sector must complete their ticket purchase by February 18, 2009, and commence outbound travel between 18-21 February, 2009 and 23-27 February, 2009.

Jet Airways operates daily, direct flights to Singapore and Hong Kong, aboard state-of-the-art wide-body Airbus 330-200 and Boeing 777-300ER aircraft respectively.

* Offer subject to change without prior notice

** All additional taxes and surcharges apply

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Jet Airways & Jetlite Offer 30-Day Apex Fares From INR 300 & INR 1 On Key Domestic Routes

Mumbai, February 11, 2009: Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, and its subsidiary all-economy carrier,JetLite, now offer passengers attractive 30-day APEX fares, from INR 300 and INR 1 respectively, on several key domestic routes.*

These APEX fares are valid for sale with immediate effect, until April 30, 2009, on both carriers.

For further information,passengers may log onto jetairways.com or call our toll-free numbers 39893333/1800-22-55-22.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Jet Airways Wins Customer And Brand Loyalty Award For The Second Consecutive Time

Mumbai,January 30,2009: Jet Airways,India’s premier international airline,has won the coveted Customer and Brand Loyalty award in the Commercial Airlines Sector(Domestic),at the second Loyalty Awards.

The award was received by Mr.Rahul Kucheria,General Manager – Relationship Marketing,Jet Airways in the presence of industry stalwarts from the telecom, banking,insurance and IT sectors,among others,at the Taj Lands End,Mumbai on January 29,2009.

This was the airline’s second consecutive victory at the Loyalty awards,having previously won the award in the same category in 2008.

The Loyalty Awards are the outcome of a combination of Consumer Research undertaken in six Indian cities,as well as nominations received from organisations.These Awards are governed by a carefully selected jury who,on the basis of the above two findings,decide the final Award Winners in each award category.

Commenting on the honour,Mr.Wolfgang Prock-Schauer,CEO,Jet Airways said,“At Jet Airways,we have always strived to build long-term relationships with our customers,beyond mere commercial transactions.This relentless focus on the customer has helped generate tremendous goodwill and loyalty for the Jet Airways brand,in both Indian and foreign skies.”

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Jet Airways Announces Additional Free Check-In Baggage Allowance For Passengers,Effective Feb 1,2009

January 28,2009: Jet Airways has announced the introduction of an additional free check-in baggage allowance of 10 kgs at no cost,over and above the normal baggage allowance offered to passengers.This offer is exclusively for those passengers availing of the airline’s Web,Kiosk or SMS Check-in Facilities.*

The additional baggage allowance, applicable at the airport of departure on all Jet Airways operated flights only,is valid for those passengers checking in for travel between February 1,2009 and February 28,2009 (both days inclusive).

This offer is available only on sectors/airports eligible for Web,Kiosk or SMS Check-in across the airline’s network.

Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege members will also be eligible for this 10 kgs additional baggage offer,over and above the Privilege-specified baggage allowance based on the passenger membership tier.

In order to claim the offer,passengers must produce a valid Jet Airways Travel Document,boarding pass and photo identification.

According to Mr.Wolfgang Prock-Schauer,CEO,Jet Airways,“Passengers can greatly reduce or eliminate unnecessary waiting time at airports by availing of Jet Airways’ hassle-free Web,SMS or Kiosk check-in facilities on select domestic and international sectors.With the added incentive of the additional baggage offer,we are confident that more passengers will look beyond traditional ground check-in facilities,where possible,leading to faster,quicker and more efficient operations at airports.”

*Conditions Apply.

For more details please log on to jetairways.com or the airline’s call centre at 39893333 or the toll-free number on 1800-22-55-22.