Brussels, the new Jet hub as flights take off

On August 6, Jet Airways became the first Indian private carrier to fly to and from Europe! Its inaugural flight on the Continent sector was from Brussels to Mumbai. The flight was flagged off by Dipak Chatterjee, Indian Ambassador to Belgium and the European Union. The day before, Jet Airways “announced” its debut flight from Mumbai to the US – with a two hour stopover in Brussels. After it, the roadmap will keep growing for Naresh Goyal’s airline – with Brussels as an operational “hub”. In September, Jet will launch its flight to Toronto in Canada (via Brussels); in November, it will fly to Johannesburg in South Africa. The airline’s future plans include 10 daily flights from Brussels to cities in India and the US, Canada and mainland Europe. Jet has also entered into a code sharing agreement with Belgium’s chief carrier, Brussels Airlines, for flights from Brussels to Delhi, Mumbai, Toronto, Stockholm, Oslo, Birmingham, Geneva & Madrid. “Jet Airways was looking for an opportunity to combine its expansion plan to USA and Canada with an efficient hub in Europe together with a stronger national carrier offering a wide network... we have found it all at Brussels,” the airline’s Chairman, Naresh Goyal said in a statement.

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Source : IIPM Editorial, 2008

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