Jet Airways to launch daily Jo’burg-Mumbai service

April 15 will see the launch by Indian carrier Jet Airways of a daily non-stop service between Johannesburg and Mumbai using a new widebody Airbus 330-200 aircraft. It’s the airline’s first destination on the African continent and the twentysecond in its international network. The carrier currently flies to New York, Toronto, Brussels, London, Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Jeddah, Sharjah and Riyadh. It operates a fleet of 89 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER, 12 Airbus A330-200, 53 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 and 14 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft.