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Jet Airways on Tuesday announced the launch of direct daily flights from Bengaluru to Singapore and Colombo respectively.
Effective December 14, the airline will start its new service to Singapore, further expanding its connectivity across the ASEAN region.
According to a press statement, the number of passengers travelling between Bengaluru and Singapore has grown 15 per cent year on year and is set to grow further in the near future. Increasingly, there is also a growing number of leisure travellers choosing to fly on this sector.
Jet Airways already operates twice daily flights from Mumbai and Delhi and a single daily flight from Chennai to Singapore. The new flight 9W 024 will depart Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport at 11:10 hrs and arrive in Singapore at 16:10 hrs (local time). The return flight - 9W 023, leaves Singapore at 19:15 hrs (local time) and arrives in Bengaluru at 21:15 hrs.
Starting January 5, the airline will also launch its third international direct daily flight from Bengaluru to Colombo. Bengaluru will be the second Indian city, after Mumbai, to be linked to Colombo and Jet Airways’ third daily service to the Sri Lankan capital, expanding capacity by one-third on the route.
Jet Airways flight 9W 278 will depart Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport at 0040 hrs., arriving in Colombo at 0210 hrs (local time). The flight 9W 277 will leave Colombo at 0310 hrs (local time) to arrive in Bengaluru at 0435 hrs.
Jet Airways will deploy a Boeing 737-800 Next Generation (NG) aircraft on both these routes, offering première and economy seats.
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