Announces support for FIVE Women specific NGOs through unique in-flight fund-raising initiative
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today announced Special Fares for all its women guests to celebrate International Women’s Day. These Jet Airways’ Special Fares would be available till the end of March 2010 to every group with at least one woman traveler that makes bookings on the airline's website at www.jetairways.com. All such groups will enjoy a 10% discount on base domestic fares and a 5% discount on base international fares (excluding applicable taxes and surcharges), for First Class, Premiere or Economy travel on all routes operated by Jet Airways or Jet Airways’ Konnect service.*
The airline has also chosen to support five women specific NGO’s through a unique in-flight fundraising collection drive to benefit women’s issues as part of its International Women’s Day celebrations. India’s premier airline has committed to a two-week long in-flight collection drive, lasting through to till March 21, 2010 and will contribute the proceeds from this drive to benefit five NGOs namely - Nanhi Kali, Apne Aap Women Worldwide, Navjeet Community Centre, Mijwan Welfare Society and Rajiv Gandhi Mahila Vikas Pariyojana. All of these non-profit organizations are dedicated to empowering underprivileged women in India.
According to Mr. Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways, “Jet Airways’ women travelers, besides being a prominent and growing customer demographic, have also been among the airline’s most loyal customers. As a token of appreciation for their support, we would like to offer them substantial savings on their travel through our Special Fares. We are also launching an In-flight Collection Drive on the occasion of International Women’s Day with a view to contributing to poverty alleviation and empowering women through these NGOs. We are confident that the two initiatives would prove extremely popular among all our guests.”
Additionally, all women JetPrivilege members who travel on Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and/ or JetLite, both within India or overseas (with the exception of code share services), will earn an additional 500 bonus JP Miles till March 15, 2010.*
Furthermore, women travelers who wish to join Jet Airways’ JetPrivilege programme and become part of the JetViva forum, will be awarded 500 JPMiles on enrolling for the same, online at jetairways.com, against a special reference code or at any airport flown to by Jet Airways/Jet Airways Konnect/ JetLite across India, till March 31, 2010.
Jet Airways' has also recently introduced JetViva which is an exclusive programme for our women-on-the-move, through which members receive exclusive offers, customized events and promotions, every quarter.
For more details, guests may visit the JetViva section on jetairways.com.
*Conditions Apply.
About Jet Airways
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 89 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 53 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.66 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world.
Flights to 61 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah and Riyadh.
About Jet Airways Konnect
Jet Airways Konnect is Jet Airways’ all-economy service on key domestic routes, designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment with value-for-money fares.
Jet Airways Konnect links five major metros- Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru and Kolkata - with several destinations across India, operating over 195 flights daily.
Jet Airways and its all-economy, no-frills Jet Airways Konnect service together operates over 300 flights daily.
About JetLite
JetLite is a wholly owned subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as an all-economy, no-frills airline, JetLite operates a fleet of 23 aircraft, which includes 16 Boeing 737 series and 7 Canadian Regional Jets 200 Series. The airline flies to 28 domestic destinations and 2 international destinations (Kathmandu and Colombo), operating over 110 flights a day, on average.
Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect, its all-economy, no-frills service, and JetLite have a combined fleet strength of 112 aircraft and operate over 410 flights daily.
