Jet Airways Announces Non- Stop Service to South Africa

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, announced that it will commence daily non-stop flights from Mumbai to Johannesburg from April 14th, 2010.

The airline will introduce services to the South Africa on using a new state-of-the-art Airbus 330-200 aircraft. The launch of this new international route marks the first time that Jet Airways is adding destinations to Africa on its international route network.

Flight 9W 242 will depart Mumbai at 0205 hours, arriving in Johannesburg at 0735 hrs. On the return leg, flight 9W 241 will depart Johannesburg at 1100 hrs, arriving in Mumbai at 2330 hrs.*

South Africa’s is becoming a leading tourist and business destination and the fact that it will play host to the 2010 FIFA World Cup also presents a huge opportunity for Jet Airways is also emerging as one of the leading business tourism and conference destinations in the world, and ranked 18thon the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Index as an attractive foreign investment destination.

Return Economy fares from various Indian cities start from INR 35,595 while return Premiere (Business Class) fares start from INR 1,16,020.**

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