Jet launches Konnect to tap budget market

07 May 2009

Jet Airways, known for its premium class services, has jumped on to the no-frills bandwagon and is all set to launch the economy service from Friday.

The service called the Jet Airways Konnect will offer 10-15 per cent cheaper fares on the Mumbai-Bhopal, Udaipur and Ahmedabad routes.

The airline will also link Chennai with Coimbatore, Madurai and Khochi and Bangalore with Pune and Mangalore.

Sudhir Raghavan, chief commercial officer, Jet Airways Konnect commenting on the launch of the new service said that consumer demands were changing rapidly in a dynamic global environment and the company believes that the new service would give the company flexibility and speed to deploy the capacity to meet the changing trends.

He said that fares would be cheaper on certain routes by 20 per cent.

He added that the service will operate 58 flights daily over 19 routes.