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29 March 2024

Jet Airways to launch Colombo flights

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Jet Airways, one of India’s international airlines, will introduce daily direct flights to Colombo from Mumbai and Delhi, effective November 5, 2010. The airline will deploy a 170-seater Boeing 737-800 for the service to this Saarc country.

The introduction of the two new flights serving Sri Lanka and India, are in addition to the existing daily Chennai – Colombo service, with which the airline launched its international operations in 2004.

With this enhanced connectivity, commencing with the winter schedule Colombo will now be connected to Jet Airways’ two strategic hubs - Delhi and Mumbai. The airline will be able to offer connectivity through Mumbai and New Delhi onto several destinations across North America, Europe, as well as destinations across the Gulf, Middle East and Far East, said a press statement.

Flight 9W 256 will depart Mumbai daily at 0210 hours reaching Colombo at 0445 hours. On the return sector, flight 9W 255 will depart Colombo at 2020 hours and reach Mumbai at 2255 hours. On the Delhi-Colombo sector, flight 9W 257 will depart Delhi at 1330 hours and arrive Colombo at 1705 hours and on the return leg, 9W 258 will depart Colombo at 0750 hours and reach Delhi at 1130 hours.