Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 15 : Jet Airways launched its daily direct services between Thiruvananthapuram and Muscat, connecting the capital cities of Kerala and the Sultanate of Oman. 

The maiden flight took off on its inaugural services from the sector with a full complement of passengers, on-board its state-of-the-art, internationally-configured Boeing 
737-800 aircraft.

With the launch of this new flight, the airline now has three daily services to Muscat from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Mumbai. 

Commenting on the launch of these services, Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways said, "In a remarkably short span of time, Jet Airways has established a dominant presence on the important Kerala-West Asia sector, on the strength of its superior in-flight product and service standards. In a bid to further enhance its connectivity on this sector, and in line with passenger demand, the airline is proud to be the first private Indian airline to connect Muscat and Thiruvananthapuram."

With the launch of this new flight, Jet Airways now flies to six destinations in the Gulf-Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha, Abu Dhabi and Dubai from five gateway points in India: Kozhikode, Kochi, Thiruvananthapuram, Mumbai and Delhi. (ANI)