Daijiworld Media Network - Dubai
Dubai, Nov 16 : Following a report on daijiworld about speculation on discontinuing Mangaluru-Dubai daily direct flight from December, panic-struck passengers who booked tickets during the Christmas season flooded queries to Jet Airways offices in Dubai and elsewhere.
A Jet Airways official speaking to daijiworld clarified that due to operational reasons, currently Mangaluru-Dubai and Mangaluru-Abu Dhabi flights will be discontinued from December 5, 2018, but daily flight service will resume after four months. Some passengers have been informed through email, and the rest will be informed in the coming days. For all passengers, alternate arrangements of Dubai-Mumbai-Mangaluru and same return route will be arranged.
There are speculations that Tata Sons is expected to buy a stake in Jet Airways to rescue the airline from its current turbulent economic conditions. Though Tata Sons has not denied these reports, on Friday, November 16 it said that the discussions are still in the preliminary stage. It is reported that Prime Minister Modi intervened and requested Tata Sons to explore the possibility of reviving the airline.
Only the opening of new Kannur airport and Jet Airways' revival will only tell whether Jet Airways would resume Mangaluru flights to the UAE after four months or discontinue them permanently.
Jet Airways will also stop non-stop flights between Kozhikode-Doha, Thiruvananthapuram-Doha from December 3 and Kochi-Doha from December 5.
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