Jet launches direct flight from Mumbai to Muscat

Mumbai, Apr 22: Jet Airways, enhanced its services to Muscat, with the introduction of daily direct flights on the Mumbai-Muscat sectors.

The first direct service -- flight 9W 540 (Mumbai-Muscat) -- yesterday departed Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport at 2230 hrs and had arrived in Muscat's Seeb International Airport at 2359 hrs. On the return leg, the Airways' flight 9W 539 (Muscat-Mumbai) is scheduled to depart Muscat's Seeb International Airport at 0100 hrs and arrive at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport in Mumbai at 0505 hrs. These flights will complement the Airline's present daily services from Kochi and Kozhikode (Calicut) to Muscat. The Airways had launched its operations to the Gulf in January 2008 and currently it flies to four destinations -- Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat and Doha.

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