Jet set to link B’lore with NY, Toronto

Jet set to link B’lore with NY, Toronto

The airline will connect to these places via its European hub, Brussels, from Oct 31

By Bangalore Mirror Bureau
Posted On Monday, August 25, 2008

Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will connect Bangalore with New York (Newark and JFK) and Toronto, via its European hub, Brussels commencing Oct 31. The airline will operate daily direct flights from India’s IT hub, and its European hub in Brussels.

This will allow passengers arriving from Bangalore to conveniently connect to Jet Airways’ trans-Atlantic services to North America and Europe on board its Airbus 330-200 aircraft.

Jet Airways passengers can currently connect to six additional destinations in the US and five destinations across Europe through its code sharing partnerships with American Airlines and Brussels Airlines respectively.

This enhanced connectivity on Jet Airways includes Washington Reagan, Dallas, Boston, Cleveland, Baltimore and Raleigh-Durham in the US, via New York (JFK) and to Birmingham, Madrid, Barcelona, Berlin Tempelhof and Lyon in Europe, via Brussels.

Bangalore will become the ninth Indian city to be connected to Jet Airways’ rapidly expanding international network.

The Brussels hub operation is ideally suited to offer Jet Airways’ customers flexibility with flight timings, to connect India with North America and Europe.

Flight 9W 132 will leave the Bangalore International Airport at 1.35 pm and arrive at Brussels International Airport at 7.55 am. Jet Airways flight 9W 131 will leave Brussels at 10.05 am everyday and arrive in Bangalore at 12.05 am.