Jet Airways Enters into Code Share Agreement with Gulf Air

Jet Airways entered into a code share agreement with Gulf Air. Under the agreement, Jet Airways would be placing its flight code on every Gulf Air flight between Bahrain and Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi, Chennai, Delhi, and Mumbai in India. Similarly, Gulf Air would be placing its flight code on all the daily Jet Air flights between Mumbai and Bahrain. Romanian citizens stand to gain the most from this code share as they get a wealth of choice to fly from Bucharest to the US, Canada, India, and the Middle East. Not only does the agreement provides better connectivity to Bahrain from various Indian destinations, but also gives Bahrain’s denizens access to Jet Airways’ awesome domestic network. In addition, Jet’s frequent flyer partnership also receives a boost.

With both Jet Airways and Gulf Air being market leaders in their respective domains, the code share allows both players to attain revenue synergies by exploiting each other’s market dominance. “While the carriers get to leverage their individual networks, passengers would find a world of facilities such as better connectivity, crease less inter-flight transfer, checked in baggage right through to the final destination, and the most frequent and swiftest approach to the Middle East” as pointed out by the Jet Airways’ “Best Overall Agent” award winner, Southall Travel (Southalltravel.co.uk).

Jet Airways, the premiere global carrier of India, operates cheap as well full service flights to as many as 42 Indian and 22 overseas destinations spanning the Gulf, Asia, Europe, and North America, including Riyadh, Dammam, Sharjah, Jeddah, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Muscat, Bahrain, Kuwait, Kuala Lampur, Dhaka, Kathmandu, Bangkok, Singapore, Colombo, Hong Kong, Brussels, Toronto, London Heathrow, Newark and JFK.

Gulf Air holds the distinction of being the largest Middle Eastern network providing crease less onward global connections while operating non stop flights. Presently, Gulf Air connects 43 cities across 28 nations stretching from Europe to Asia. The airline operates a fleet of 35 aircrafts.