Jet Airways & Malaysia Airlines in code share talks

India’s Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal is scheduled to hold discussions with senior Malaysia Airlines (MAS) officials today to work out a code share arrangement for flights between Malaysia and India. He is expected to meet MAS chairman Datuk Dr Munir Majid and managing director Idris Jala in the hope of forming a partnership for the carriers to ride on each other’s network to provide international and domestic connectivity. Goyal, the airline's founder, is the 16th richest Indian. He said that Jet Airways planned to add a second flight to its existing Chennai-Kuala Lumpur sector by August. He also foresees the carrier flying the Mumbai-KL sector by November. The airline, he added, was also considering flying a bigger aircraft, a A330 instead of the B737, for the Chennai-KL route. “We have been talking to MAS for a long time and we would like to work on a partnership to provide greater connectivity for our passengers.

Instead of fighting each other, we can complement one another,” he said, adding that the Malaysian market was important to Jet Airways as it held a lot of potential. The airline's country manager Malaysia Kavin Martinus said over the past one year, the carrier had been recording 75% load factor on the Chennai-KL sector, and given the strong demand on the route, a second frequency was being reviewed. Jet Airways began operations in 1993 as an “air taxi” and is now one of the top Indian domestic carriers. It flies to 44 destinations, including Singapore, Colombo, Kathmandu and London. It is adding Bangkok to its network, with inaugural flights from New Delhi and Kolkata on Jan 23. The airline that takes pride in its good service is also on an expansion trail, buying aircraft to expand its international reach.

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