Jet Airways launches inaugural Mumbai to Jeddah service

On 14 July, Jet Airways launched its services to Saudi Arabia with the introduction of its daily service from Mumbai to Jeddah. The airline marked the occasion with the customary inaugural ceremony at the Mumbai International Airport.

Jet Airways operated its maiden flight on the sector aboard a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft. Flight 9W 522 departs Mumbai at 2135 hrs, and arrives in Jeddah at 0001 hrs. Flight 9W 521 departs Jeddah at 0100 hrs, and arrives in Mumbai at 0835 hrs.

With the introduction of its services to Saudi Arabia, Jet Airways now flies to 7 cities in the Gulf, including Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Jeddah.

Jet Airways will also launch a new, daily service to Dubai from Hyderabad, its fifth daily service to the Gulf emirate and second from Southern India; as well as its second daily service to Bangkok from Mumbai, effective 16 August 2009.