Jet, Qantas sign codeshare pact for flights to Singapore, Australia

New Delhi, Aug 10 (UNI) Jet Airways and Qantas today announced a codeshare arrangement to offer seamless journeys on the India-Australia route from September 6.

At the same time, Jet said it will launch daily direct services connecting New Delhi and Singapore. The airline already operates daily direct flights from Mumbai and Chennai to the island nation.

Jet's CEO Wolfgang Prock Schauer said the flights on Delhi-Singapore and Mumbai-Singapore routes will be in codeshare with Qantas.

Added Qantas' executive general manager John Borghetti: ''We'll now offer greater than daily frequency between Sydney and Mumbai when combined with the existing Qantas thrice weekly Airbus A330-300 services.'' In addition, Perth gains a daily codeshare connection to Mumbai.

''We'll also offer Delhi with daily connections to Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Perth via Singapore,'' said Mr Borghetti.

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