Jet Airways will connect Raipur with Hyderabad and Mumbai with a new flight scheduled to be operated from October 31.
According to company officials, necessary preparations have been completed to start the new service between Raipur and Mumbai via Hyderabad. The service will commence from October 31, the officials said.
The Jet Airways flight 9W 7017 will take off from Mumbai at 10.15 am and will land in Hyderabad at 11.30 am. It will depart from Hyderabad at 12.05 pm to land in Raipur at 1.10 pm.
Similarly, flight 9W 7018 will take off from Raipur at 1.40 pm; land in Hyderabad at 2.45 pm and depart at 3.20 pm. The flight will land in Mumbai at 4.40 pm.
The new Jet Airways flight between Raipur and Mumbai will be the third flight connecting Raipur with the commercial capital of the country. Besides Air India that operates Raipur-Mumbai flight via Bhubaneswar, Jet Airways operate a direct flight between Raipur and Mumbai.
For Hyderabad also, this would be the third flight connecting the capital cities of Chhattisgarh and Andhra Pradesh. Jet Airways and Kingfisher Red are operating flights between the two cities.