Gulf Air starts codeshare with India's Jet Airways

Gulf Air has entered into a codeshare agreement with India's Jet Airways. The agreement, which was signed today between the two airline's management, comes into effect from 12 April 2010.

Gulf Air will place its flight code on Jet Airways’ daily services between Mumbai and Bahrain while Jet Airways will place its flight code on all Gulf Air-operated flights between Bahrain and Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kochi and Thiruvananthapuram.

Nikos Kardassis,, Jet Airways chief executive said, “Jet Airways is delighted to enter into a codeshare agreement with Gulf Air, one of the most respected carriers in the Gulf. Besides offering enhanced connectivity to Bahrain from several cities in India, the agreement will also enable our guests from Bahrain to tap into our unmatched domestic network, besides complimenting our existing frequent flyer partnership.”

Jet Airways currently flies to 42 domestic destinations that span the length and breadth of India, and 22 destinations across North America, Europe, Asia and the Gulf, including New York (both JFK and Newark), Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah, Dammam and Riyadh, from several cities in India.