The maiden Jet Asia service to Jakarta’s Soekarno-Hatta Airport took off on Monday and now operates four times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The twice weekly Jeddah service runs on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The initial trip on this route was last Tuesday.
Jet Asia is using 268-seat Boeing 767-300ERs to service the two routes. The carrier’s CEO, Jacob Saba, told reporters that the addition of the two scheduled routes was all part and parcel of the transition from being a charter carrier to a full-service one.
The changeover began two months ago when Jet Asia launched a four-flights-a-week service to Tokyo's Narita Airport from its centre of operations at Suvarnabhumi Airport near the Thai capital of Bangkok. The shift is set to continue apace as new routes from Suvarnabhumi to Beijing and two other Chinese cities are already in the pipeline.
Thai charter airline increases scheduled flights
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Last week, Thai based airline Jet Asia Airways added additional scheduled routes to its flight timetable. The erstwhile charter carrier continued its foray into the scheduled flights market by launching services to Jakarta, the capital of Indonesia, and Jeddah in Saudi Arabia.