India’s Jet Airways is to launch new daily direct flights between Mumbai - Riyadh and Mumbai - Bangkok from 14 December 2011.

Flight 9W 526 will leave Mumbai for Riyadh at 14:00 and arrive at 16:00, while the return leg flight 9W 525 will depart Riyadh at 17:00 and arrive Mumbai at 23:15. All times are local.

A third early morning service is also being introduced between Mumbai and Bangkok. Flight 9W 70 will depart Mumbai at 07:45 and arrive Bangkok at 13:30. The return flight 9W 69 will depart Bangkok at 14:30 and arrive Mumbai at 17:30.

The airline will deploy a state-of-the-art Boeing 737-800 aircraft, offering 16 Premiere and 138 economy class seats.

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said, “Jet Airways has decided to enhance capacity on these three sectors to meet the growing demand. These services will offer seamless connections to several destinations to our guests across the network through our Mumbai gateway. We believe that these new flights have the potential to serve the needs of our corporate and leisure travelers.”

(Source: Asiatraveltip)