Jet Airways Declared "Best Domestic Airline" At Cnbs Awaaz Travel Awards 2011

Online, November 21, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Jet Airways, India's premier international airline, has been declared the 'Best Domestic Airline' at the fifth edition of the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2011.

The award was presented by Shri Subodh Kant Sahay, Honourable Union Minister for Tourism to Mr. Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice President- Commercial, Jet Airways at a glittering ceremony in New Delhi yesterday, in the presence of several luminaries from the travel and trade industry.

These Awards, based on an exhaustive consumer response study conducted across eleven cities, with close to two thousand respondents across all segments (including the Adventure, General public and Corporate segments), seek to recognize and honour the best in class destinations, organizations, infrastructure and service providers based on an objective study conducted by India's leading research firm, Nielsen.

Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said: "The CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2011 are widely respected across the tourism and trade industry and we are delighted to receive this honour. At Jet Airways, we are committed to offering our guests the very best travel experience in the skies, and awards such as these stand testimony to the quality of our services and encourage us to further raise the bar in customer service excellence."

The airline was previously awarded 'Airline with the Best Business Class' and 'Airline with the Best Economy Class' at the CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards 2008, in the Airlines of India Category.

The CNBC Awaaz Travel Awards are an annual event hosted by CNBC AWAAZ, India's first business and consumer-focused Hindi channel, to honor the best in class travel destinations and other ancillary services of the tourism industry.

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 100 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 58 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 20 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.66 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world. Flights to 76 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London(Heathrow), Milan, Muscat, New York (both JFK and Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

About Jet Airways Konnect

Jet Airways Konnect service operates on key domestic routes, and is designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment with value-for-money fares. Jet Airways Konnect links seven major metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata - with several destinations across India, operating approximately 290 flights daily.

About JetLite

JetLite is a subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as an all-economy, no-frills airline, JetLite operates a fleet of 18 Boeing 737 series aircraft. The airline flies to 31 domestic destinations and 1 international destination (Kathmandu), operating 123 flights a day, on average.

Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite have a combined fleet strength of 118 aircraft and operate over 620 flights daily.