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New
York - December 17, 2008: Jet Airways,
India's leading international airline, and Emirates
Airline, the award-winning international carrier
with extensive services from India, have announced
a partnership. This week, the two airlines are launching a
reciprocal frequent-flyer arrangement whereby
members of Jet Airways' Jet Privilege, India's
largest frequent-flyer program, may earn and redeem
miles across Emirates' rapidly expanding
international network, with the exception of
flights between India and Dubai. Members of
Emirates' Skywards program may also earn and redeem
miles on all Jet Airways flights operating within
India. Emirates will also commence a unilateral code
share on Jet Airways' daily flights from Mumbai and
New Delhi to and from Dubai - offering passengers
enhanced connectivity and a range of services
between India and Dubai. Jet Airways operates
daily services on the Mumbai/New Delhi - Dubai
sectors aboard its state-of-the-art Airbus A330-200
and B737-800 aircraft respectively, with a
two-class configuration: Premiere (Business)
and Economy. Jet Airways' flights on these
sectors will be identified with its "9W" code as
well as with the Emirates "EK" code. According to Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO of Jet
Airways: "Dubai is an important market for Jet
Airways and there is significant demand from our
customers to travel to and beyond Dubai. We
are delighted to be able to get this exciting new
agreement up and running quickly for the benefit of
our customers." Currently, Jet Airways also has code-share
agreements with Air Canada , American Airlines,
ANA, Brussels Airlines, Etihad, Qantas and
JetLite. ABOUT JET AIRWAYS: Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 85
aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER
aircraft, 11 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 52 classic
and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900
aircraft and 12 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop
aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.38 years,
the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet
in the world. Flights to 68 destinations span the length and
breadth of India and beyond, including New York
(both JFK and Newark), San Francisco, Toronto,
Brussels, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Shanghai,
Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka,
Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
The airline will continue to connect existing
international destinations with additional gateway
points across its network in the future. Jet Airways currently operates over 370 flights
daily. To know more about Jet Airways, visit
www.jetairways.com.
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