Paris CDG now on Jet's radar

Jet Airways is introducing a slew of new flight offerings. Whilst most of these are extra flights on existing routes, their newest offering is on the BOM-CDG route, on an A330 aircraft, which is proposed to start operations from May 15, 2014. As of now it appears to be a daily service - 9W 123 will leave BOM at 12:00 noon, and reach CDG at 17:50 hrs; and on the return, departure is scheduled at 21:10 hrs to reach BOM at 09:45 hrs (next day). This will be a 2 class service flight, with no first class offering.

Here's the basic flight info:



This may well be one step of a closer alignment, to the proposed move of Jet's European hub from Brussels to Amsterdam, that Jet announced some time in May 2013.

Fares

Return fares ex-India are in the region of:

  • Rs 45k for BOM-CDG return (cheapest economy class bucket)
  • Rs 60k for most metros in India to CDG via BOM (cheapest economy class bucket)
  • Rs 180k for BOM-CDG return (Premiere/business class)
  • Rs 210k for most metros in India to CDG via BOM (Premiere/business class)

I find that a bit odd, given that 9W's online booking portal also offers a XXX (most Indian metros)-Abu Dhabi-CDG return service, for at least Rs 5k less in economy (but there's no business class availability), although only the AUH-CDG and CDG-AUH sectors are on EY (and the India-AUH and v/v sectors are on 9W). Now, I appreciate that fuel surcharges will largely be the cause of this, but what surprises me is that Jet is willing to sell both options. 

What's also strange, is that EY fares alone are in the region of Rs 44k in economy class, from most metros in India, to CDG via AUH. I find this difference in fares quite inexplicable. Anyway, I leave it to the airlines to manage their financials and bottom lines...all I want is a good deal !


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