Jet Airways and Kenya Airways to Codeshare

India’s Jet Airways has entered into a codeshare arrangement and network-wide frequent flyer partnership with Kenya Airways, Kenya's national carrier. The partnership will become effective on 22 July 2010.

Jet Airways will place its code on Kenya Airways’ daily services between Mumbai and Nairobi allowing Jet Privilege members to earn Tier Points, Tier JPMiles & Tier Bonus JPMiles for their activities when booked to fly on the 9W code of Jet Airways marketed, Kenya Airways operated codeshare flights.

In addition, effective 22 July 2010 the frequent flyer partnership will also allow the programme members of both airlines to earn and redeem miles on the entire network of the other airline.

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Nikos Kardassis, CEO, Jet Airways said, “Africa is an important market for Jet Airways and in addition to our direct service to Johannesburg, there is significant demand from our customers to travel to Kenya and beyond. We are confident that this partnership will translate into greater air traffic between India and Africa. Significantly, the frequent flyer partnership with Kenyan is a mutually beneficial one, enabling Jet Privilege members to tap into Kenya Airways' impressive network across Africa while earning and redeeming frequent flyer miles.”

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