Jet Airways, India’s full-service premier
international airline and Fiji Airways,
Fiji’s National Airline, today announced a codeshare partnership which offers
guests travelling on both carriers convenient and seamless connectivity between
India and Fiji via Singapore and Hong Kong. The codeshare agreement, a
first-of-its-kind between the airlines of the two countries, will address the
growing demand for travel between India and Fiji.
Jet Airways will place its ‘9W’ code on Fiji Airways’ flights
from Singapore and Hong Kong to Nadi,
and Fiji Airways will place its ‘FJ’ code on Jet Airways’ services between Singapore and Mumbai, Delhi and Chennai as
well as between Hong Kong and Mumbai & Delhi. All codeshare flights will
allow through check-in to the final destination of any journey. What’s more,
JetPrivilege members will also be able to accrue and redeem JPMiles on the
codeshare flights operated by Fiji Airways flights; and the accrued miles will
count towards their tier status as well.
Codeshare bookings are now open for sale for travel effective
March 09, 2017.
Gaurang Shetty, Whole-time Director, Jet Airways
said, “Our codeshare agreement with Fiji Airways reflects our continuing commitment
to the travelling public, to offer the best possible connections to more and
more destinations around the world which now extends to the beautiful paradise
of Fiji. Ties between the people of India and Fiji can be traced back over a
100 years and with the governments of both countries making focused efforts to
further strengthen trade, tourism and cultural ties, we believe this codeshare
partnership will play a pivotal role in these endeavours by enabling seamless
connectivity between both countries.”
Andre Viljoen, Fiji Airways’ Managing Director and
CEO said: “This is a very significant achievement for both airlines. Demand for
travel from Fiji to India for tourism, medical treatment, education and family
reasons keeps growing and our codeshare agreement will boost this even further.
And with our convenient Hong Kong and Singapore services, which connect with
Jet Airways’ flights, we look forward to welcoming more Indian travellers to
our home, Fiji, one of the most sought after tourist destinations in the
world.”
Speaking on behalf of the Fijian Government – the majority
shareholder of Fiji Airways – the Attorney-General, Minister for Economy and
Minister in charge of Civil Aviation, Hon. Aiyaz
Sayed-Khaiyum described the new code-share agreement as a major boost to
relations between the two countries. “The seamless connectivity that this
offers for travellers between Fiji and Jet Airways destinations on the
Subcontinent and beyond opens up all sorts of possibilities for tourism and
trade. Fiji is especially keen to attract more investment from India and the
other countries serviced by Jet Airways and this makes the journey in both
directions that much easier”, he said.