9W to start charterflights from BRU to CMB?

[Bralo20]

Sept 12, Colombo: Two new international airlines have announced that they will commence services to Colombo from next month.

SpiceJet, a low-cost airline based in Chennai, announced that it will operate flights from Colombo to Chennai and Chennai to Colombo from 9th October this year.

Jet Airways India, one of the fastest growing airlines too announced earlier of its plans to launch charter flights to Sri Lanka from Brussels, from October.

Four new international airlines have already started operations to Sri Lanka since the end of war. They are Air Asia, Fly Dubai, Oman Air and Indian Express.

Source: http://www.colombopage.com/archive_10B/ ... 9486KA.php

[regi]

would those charter flights go without a stop in India straight towards Colombo ?

[sn26567]

would those charter flights go without a stop in India straight towards Colombo ?

... and would they have the right to do so in areas ruled by bilateral agreements?

[Bralo20]

As a charter they can fly from BRU to CMB directly I assume but don't know about scheduled flights...

I've found the news on Flyertalk, most of the time it's quite reliable so if this is true we'll probably see something later

[regi]

Is Jet Airways so desperate that they turn to charter flights?

The next thing are Hadj flights.

Sad for such a nice product. Friends who used them were happy about the airline ( service, seat pitch, IFE, food) , but extremely critical about the respective airports Mumbai an Delhi.

I know several Indian ( rich ) business people and one by one they leave Jet Airways behind and come to Europe by Lufthansa, BA with their great WT+ product, and other traditional airlines. Jet Airways seems unable to find the right place in the market.

[HAWK21M]

Is the loads for these Charters warrant such a route.