Jet Airways gets New Airbus

Jet Airways has taken delivery of its latest Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Mr. Naresh Goyal, Jet Airways Chairman, formally accepted the aircraft at a ceremony at the Berlin Air Show (ILA) in presence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Airbus President and CEO Tom Enders. Mr. A.K. Antony, Hon’ble Minister of Defence was also present.

The delivery is from an order for a total of 15 Airbus A330-200 aircraft placed between 2005 and 2007. The new A330-200 is the airline’s seventh owned aircraft directly received from Airbus. Jet Airways is deploying the aircraft on new far Eastern routes to serve Hong Kong and to expand services to Europe and the Middle East. The aircraft will be configured in two classes with a total of 220 seats.