Jet Airways bets on weekend-only flights to beat slot crunch, max revenues

Airline pares capacity on routes like Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-Bengaluru on weekends, uses freed up slot at Mumbai to fly Amritsar, Patna, Varanasi

Jet Airways is introducing weekend-only flights from metros, a first in India, to overcome slot constraints and maximise revenue growth.
 
The airline has reduced capacity on routes such as Mumbai-Delhi and Mumbai-Chennai on weekends. The airline is utilising the freed up slots at Mumbai to operate flights to Amritsar, Patna and Vadodara
 
The move is a part of its strategy to increase revenue amid intense competition and yield pressure. An airline’s yield is the average revenue per passenger.
 
“For the first time, we are introducing weekday-weekend patterns. We studied the traffic pattern and recognised that on heavy