Abdulrahman Al Busaidy, Group Executive Officer of Jet Airways, addressing the inaugural flight gathering at the VIP gate of Bahrain International Airport reaffirmed Jet Airways’ commitment to Bahrain.
“We are keen to serve the Indian community living in Bahrain and in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia by offering the best and convenient connections between Bahrain and Indian destinations,” Al Busaidy, said.
“We are planning to make this connection a daily flight by summer next year as part of our strategy to serve the Indian community in more efficient manners,” he added.
Al Busaidy lauded the role played by the Civil Aviation Affairs, Bahrain Airport Company, Bahrain Airport Services and other departments in helping Jet Airways for launch of Kochi flight.
Earlier, Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) welcomed the inaugural flight number 9W593 for Jet Airways to the Kingdom of Bahrain to conclude their new third weekly flight from Kochi to Bahrain in an event held at Bahrain International Airport.
‘The new milestone is a bold step and an indication of the airline’s optimism and trust toward the aviation business development in Bahrain,” BAC in a statement said.
The ceremony was attended by top officials from Bahrain Airport Company (BAC), Jet Airways, Airport and Government officials including Nirmal Kumar Chaudhary, First Secretary of the Indian Embassy in Bahrain, Abdulrahman Al Busaidy, Group Executive Officer of Jet Airways, John Iype, Chairman of the Indian Community Relief Fund in Bahrain and Hussain Rasool, Corporate Communications Manager of Bahrain Airport Company as well as a number of partners and media representatives.
The airline will deploy its state-of-the-art Next-Generation Boeing 737-800 aircraft, with Premiere and Economy configurations on this route, offering guests its superior in-flight products, warm service, award-winning in-flight entertainment and cuisine flight service. This initiative is expected to further strengthen tourism and commercial ties between the two countries.
“In keeping with the growing demand from our guests for seamless connections between the Gulf and India, as well as onwards via our international hub in Mumbai, Jet Airways is delighted to enhance its services on the India-Gulf sector in the winter schedule. Having emerged as among the leading airlines on the highly competitive Indo-Gulf sector in a relatively short period of time, we are confident that the new services will prove popular with our guests,” Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said.
In his welcome remarks at the landing of the Jet Airways inaugural flight at Bahrain International Airport, Hussain Rasool, Corporate Communications Manager at Bahrain Airport Company (BAC) praised the airline’s steady growth.
“The additional flight between Kochin and Bahrain has further strengthened the Kingdom’s position as an emerging hub for airlines in the MENA region,” he said.
“Bahrain international Airport will remain committed in providing its excellent services to all airlines and passengers at the airport as we endeavor in promoting airline success and leading partnership initiatives going forward, and we welcome the latest addition from Jet Airways,” Rasool, added.
Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, will initially operate 3 flights a week to Bahrain scheduled for flight on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays and also provide enhanced connections from Dammam with a Bus Service through the causeway between Bahrain and Dammam.