Jet to reintroduce services on Chennai-Coimbatore sector

With effect from December 1, 2008, Jet Airways has decided to reintroduce services on the Chennai-Coimbatore sector, a press release from the airline said on Tuesday.

The airways, which had recently withdrawn its flights from Chennai- Coimbatore-Chennai, will commence daily flights on the sector aboard its new ATR 72-500 aircraft.

Flight 9W 3570 will depart Chennai at 1125 hrs and arrive Coimbatore at 1235 hrs. On the return, flight 9W 3571 will depart Coimbatore at 1305 hrs and arrive Chennai at 1415 hrs.

Jet Airways operates daily services from three gateway cities (Chennai, Mumbai, Delhi) to its European hub in Brussels and onwards to New York (Newark and JFK) and Toronto. The airline also offers daily services to Kuala Lumpur, Singapore and Colombo from Chennai.

Commenting on the service, Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer, CEO, Jet Airways said, “Besides catering to the traffic on the Chennai-Coimbatore sector, Jet Airways’ new ATR service will also enable passengers from Coimbatore to connect to our international gateway in Chennai, and onwards to several destinations across Asia, Europe and North America.”