Jet Airways to fly to Dubai

DUBAI: Jet Airways, which is already flying to to Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Bahrain and Kuwait, will start operation to Dubai from Delhi and Mumbai probably by middle of next month.
    
The flights could start probably by mid-August as the airline has to make preparations for the timings and slots at airports, sources said.
    
On an average, Jet reports nearly 65 per cent load factor on its Gulf routes. In some sectors it is higher.
    
Sources said though the airline has permission for its low-cost subsidiary, Jetlite, to fly to the Gulf region, it is contemplating when to launch the service to the region considering low-cost carriers are losing money as a result of high oil prices.
    
The Dubai-Delhi and Dubai-Mumbai sector is the most lucrative for the Indian carriers.
    
On January 1 this year, Jet Airways commenced operations to the Gulf and is India's first private airline to start services to the region with non-stop daily flights connecting India with Bahrain and Kuwait. Later it started operations to Oman and Qatar.
    
Dubai is the only global destination to which the government allows the state owned airline and its subsidiary, Air India Express to operate flights from India.