(a) whether JET Airways has offered flights containing 24,000 seats capacity daily to cater to summer rush;
(b) if so, the details thereof;
(c) the sectors on which air links are proposed to be provided by the JET Airways; and
(d) the time by which the offer of JET Airways likely to be cleared by the Government?
THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION (SHRI SHARAD YADAV)
(a) and (b): M/s Jet Airways with its present 25 Boeing
737s and 4 ATR-72-500 aircraft provides on an average,
23,300 seats daily. After the 5th ATR-72-500 aircraft to be
inducted in its fleet shortly, the airlines would offer
around 24,000 seats daily.
(c) and (d): M/s Jet Airways has provided the following new
links w.e.f. April, 2000:
- Bangalore-Cochin-Bangalore - Bangalore-Goa-Bangalore - Bangalore-Coimbatore-Bangalore - Bangalore-Mumbai-Bangalore (additional frequency) - Mumbai-Mangalore-MumbaiThe following services would be operated after the induction of 5th ATR-72-500 aircraft:
- Chennai-Hyderabad-Vishakapatnam-Hyderabad-Chennai - Chennai-Bangalore-Chennai (additional frequency) - Hyderabad-Tirupati-HyderabadThese flight schedules have already been approved by the DGCA.