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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Mumbai-based Jet Airways will become the first private airline in the country to commence operations from the Thiruvananthapuram international airport to the Gulf when it begins daily flights between Muscat and Thiruvananthapuram from September 15. The airline will deploy the new generation Boeing 737-800 winglet aircraft for operating daily flights on the Thiruvananthapuram- Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram sector. The aircraft can accommodate 16 persons in the Premier class and 124 in the Economy class. It offers the latest entertainment channels on board. As per the tentative schedule, the flight will leave Thiruvananthapuram at 7.55 a.m. to reach Muscat at 10.30 a.m. local time. In the return direction, the flight will leave from Muscat at 12.30 a.m. to reach Thiruvananthapuram at 05.35 a.m. A senior official of the airport told The Hindu said that the slot committee was yet to give the final nod for the timings. The timings may be changed, as several flights arrive from the Gulf sector at this time and depart within one to two hours, he added. With the commencement of flights to Muscat by Jet Airways, the number of airlines operating the direct three-and-a-half hour flights on the Muscat-Thiruvananthapuram sector will go up to three. Oman Air operates daily flights and Air India Express, the no-frills airline of Air India, three flights a week to Muscat. Jet Airways will also become the first private airline from the country to operate from Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode to the Gulf sector. Jet Airways operates daily flights from Kochi to Muscat, Kuwait, Doha, Bahrain and Dammam. The daily flights of the airline from Kozhikode are to Doha and Muscat.
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