Jet Airways to launch direct daily Bengaluru - Singapore flight

Jet Airways is slated to launch a direct daily flight from Bengaluru to Singapore, from December 14, 2016, the airline said in a statement. 

"This service has been introduced in response to growing demand on this sector, particularly from business and corporate travellers," Jet Airways said. 

"Over the past two years, there has been an encouraging 15% year-on-year growth from Singapore to South Indian cities," the carrier said. 

The new flight will give passengers from Hyderabad, Mangaluru, Coimbatore and Thiruvananthapuram connectivity to Singapore from Bengaluru, it said. 

Jet Airways flight 9W 024 will depart Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport at 1110 hrs and arrive in Singapore at 1810 hrs (Local Time). The flight 9W 023 will leave Singapore at 1915 hrs (LT) to arrive in Bengaluru at 2115 hrs (LT).

Commenting on the latest flight operations, Jayaraj Shanmugam, chief commercial officer, Jet Airways, said, "The introduction of this new service is in keeping with the growing popularity amongst our guests, for enhanced seamless connectivity between the ASEAN region and India. 

"Both Bengaluru and Singapore are popular destinations for information technology, tourism, trade and investment, therefore it was only logical for Jet Airways’ to facilitate the same for the Indian traveller," he added.