9W Suspends BOM-JNB
May 7, 2012 | 6:10 am
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9W Suspends BOM-JNB
http://www.indiainfoline.com/Markets...hts/5411252154
Probably not a surprised considering that this was one of the few routes where Premiere awards were available. If awards are available, 9W probably wasn't selling the seats, knowing how kanjhoos they are with inventory.
I wonder how many rotations to BKK they will replace this flight with? Lots of trash yield tourists to fly
Jet Airways announced that as a part of its ongoing network evaluation with a clear focus on profitability, it will be redeploying its assets on its existing route network. This has hence necessitated the temporary suspension of the airline's A330 Mumbai - Johannesburg flights effective June 12th, 2012.
Jet Airways will work closely with its interline partners and ensure affected guests are rebooked on alternate flights for their travel from June 12th, in order to minimize inconvenience caused.
Jet Airways will work closely with its interline partners and ensure affected guests are rebooked on alternate flights for their travel from June 12th, in order to minimize inconvenience caused.
I wonder how many rotations to BKK they will replace this flight with? Lots of trash yield tourists to fly
May 7, 2012 | 6:17 am
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Must be another route on which EK is making a killing... goes to show the captive O&D market to many destinations is not there (yet?).
May 7, 2012 | 6:30 am
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from bom to bkk, they've outpriced the market i see, where 1 Y ticket on 9w could be as much as 1.5 ticket on cx, and 1.33 tic on AI. anyways, they're trying to be profitable!
May 7, 2012 | 6:31 am
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My uncle just flew JNB-BOM and is sadly supposed to be on BOM-JNB in a week's time (have to alert him about this news). They didn't serve Coke on the flight saying that they didn't have any. No Coke, on an international flight! Plus, food was unpalatable according to him.
He said he would be flying EK and spending 4 hours in a DXB lounge than put up with 9W again. Well, he got his wish
He said he would be flying EK and spending 4 hours in a DXB lounge than put up with 9W again. Well, he got his wish
May 7, 2012 | 6:38 am
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In the long term, maybe. In the short term, I don't expect it...
Yeah, they pretty much are always more expensive than the competition. I have no clue how they fill their aircraft, especially since they seem to love dumping more and more capacity on the India-BKK market. Probably through consolidators...
He's willing to choose 10-abreast on a 777 over flying 9W? Wow, it must have been truly terrible...
My uncle just flew JNB-BOM and is sadly supposed to be on BOM-JNB in a week's time (have to alert him about this news). They didn't serve Coke on the flight saying that they didn't have any. No Coke, on an international flight! Plus, food was unpalatable according to him.
He said he would be flying EK and spending 4 hours in a DXB lounge than put up with 9W again. Well, he got his wish
He said he would be flying EK and spending 4 hours in a DXB lounge than put up with 9W again. Well, he got his wish
May 7, 2012 | 6:51 am
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May 7, 2012 | 8:53 am
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May 7, 2012 | 9:51 am
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Agreed. Although, if I don't get row 6 or 10 in the 9W Airbus, I'm usually not a very happy camper. 
It's not that I'm trying to be an ..., it's more like I really need the storage space on the seat for my multitude of things that I spread out.
Service on EK might be starting to edge out 9W as of recent, though.
It's not that I'm trying to be an ..., it's more like I really need the storage space on the seat for my multitude of things that I spread out.
Service on EK might be starting to edge out 9W as of recent, though.
May 7, 2012 | 9:43 pm
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awards were available on this route as well as the del-mxp route....wonder if that will go next????
May 8, 2012 | 11:08 pm
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May 9, 2012 | 6:11 am
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I've always wondered how profitable such routes could have been for them. Wouldn't it just be less expensive for them to route the passengers to MXP via Brussels, connecting to SN? I know that passengers would prefer a direct routing, but I just can't see an India-Italy route making a ton of money. That's just my opinion, though.
May 12, 2012 | 6:44 am
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I've always wondered how profitable such routes could have been for them. Wouldn't it just be less expensive for them to route the passengers to MXP via Brussels, connecting to SN? I know that passengers would prefer a direct routing, but I just can't see an India-Italy route making a ton of money. That's just my opinion, though.