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Jet Airways commences second service between New Delhi and Dhaka

Gurung Shetty, Wholetime Director, Jet Airways

Mumbai: Jet Airways has commenced an additional flight between Delhi and Bangladesh capital Dhaka with effect from today. The planned expansion – including a four-day-a-week operation on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, is in line with the airline’s Think India, Think Jet Airways policy.
This new service, which commenced operations today will complement the existing daily operations between the two cities, providing guests more flight choices between Bangladesh and India. It makes Jet Airways the airline operating the most number of flights between the two countries.
This additional flight will prove to be a boon for corporate travellers between Delhi and Dhaka, enhancing economic ties between India and Bangladesh. Guests from Bangladesh will also have more convenient travel options to international destinations such as Doha, Dammam, Muscat and Dubai in the Gulf, to the ASEAN region, and to Europe, North America on direct and aligned flights via Jet Airways’ hub at Delhi.
Within India, the new flight will offer easy onward connections to Bengaluru, Coimbatore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Lucknow and Pune.
Gaurang Shetty, Whole-time Director, Jet Airways, said, “There was a need and potential to develop the operations between the capitals of India and Bangladesh. The new service also presents an opportunity for businesses and leisure travellers to explore the potential of our neighboring country.”
Shetty further added that guests from Dhaka can benefit from the connectivity options provided by Jet Airways’ extensive network across India and across the world through its hubs in New Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru.
Commenting on the launch, Rajkumar Bhattacharya, Country Manager– Bangladesh, Jet Airways, said: “With Bangladesh emerging as a trading centre and business hub in the SAARC region, it is also important to continue to provide a high degree of air connectivity both in terms of passenger and cargo.”

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