Jet Airways to Launch Kozhikode - Dammam Flights

India’s Jet Airways is to launch a direct daily flight from Kozhikode to Dammam in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

This new Boeing 737 flight will commence 10 June 2014.

Jet Airways flight 9W 578 will depart Kozhikode at 22:00 and arrive into Dammam at 00:00 (local time). The return flight 9W 577 will depart Dammam at 10:20 and arrive at Kozhikode at 17:15.

Kozhikode will be the third destination in Kerala after Kochi and Thiruvanathapuram to have a daily direct service to Dammam and in all Jet Airways will operate eight flights daily from India to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Gaurang Shetty, Senior Vice-President - Commercial, Jet Airways said, “Jet Airways is delighted to re-enter the Kozhikode-Gulf market with this non-stop service that will afford its guests the convenience of seamless point-to-point travel. We are confident that the direct service from Kozhikode to Dammam will prove immensely popular with our guests. Introduction of this flight is an important landmark in the evolution and emergence of the airline as India’s premier international airline, as we will now operate over 126 daily flights to key international destinations.”

The airline will deploy a two-class Boeing 737-800 aircraft on this new service.