Jet Airways starts Mumbai-Riyadh flights

Effective October 25, 2009, Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, will increase their flights to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia with the introduction of daily direct services from Mumbai to the Saudi Arabian administrative and commercial capital city of Riyadh. The airline will operate the new flights aboard a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Flight 9W 524 will depart Mumbai at 1930 hrs, arriving in Riyadh at 2115 hrs. 9W 523 will then depart Riyadh at 2215 hrs, arriving in Mumbai at 0420 hrs. According to Mr. Nikos K. Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, "Jet Airways is delighted to introduce daily services to Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Mumbai."

"The introduction of the daily flights will serve to further strengthen our Gulf network, better enabling us to offer passengers seamless connectivity and a world-class product on the Indo-Gulf sector." According to Mr. Fareed Al Alawi, VP-Gulf & MEA Jet Airways (India), "Jet Airways is delighted to introduce daily services to Riyadh, kingdom of Saudi Arabia from Mumbai. The introduction of this daily flight will serve to further strengthen our Gulf network, better enabling us to offer passengers seamless connectivity and a world-class product on the Indo-Gulf sector." Jet Airways currently flies daily to Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Jeddah, Sharjah, Dubai and Abu Dhabi from several Indian cities.