Jet Airways, yesterday achieved the completion of over 3 million operating hours on CFM56 engines. This came a few months after the airline phased-in the100th aircraft into service. According to Jet Airways, “it is the first airline to introduce the best-in-class-technology CFM56 engines to India and more importantly even in Asia, as early as 1993”
Nikos Kardassis, CEO of Jet Airways, said “The completion of over 3 million operational flying hours on CFM engines without any incidents is a major milestone for Jet Airways. The airline has always chosen to utilize the very best in next generation technologies to ensure superior quality, reliable service and above all customer satisfaction. A case-in-point being the fact that we were the very first airline in India and indeed Asia to adopt the technologically advanced CFM56 engines. We are very happy to have worked closely with CFMI as a partner since 1993 and look forward for more fruitful affiliation in the years to come as Jet Airways plans to expand its domestic and international network.”
Jean-Paul Ebanga, President & CEO, CFMI Engines commented, “CFMI is proud of its association with Jet Airways through the years and is especially happy about the achievement of the airline having clocked over 3 million operational flying hours on CFM engines. This achievement bear’s testimony to the reliability of the CFM56 engines which coupled with huge efficiencies have proven to be the trademark of CFMI. We look forward to achieving many more important milestones with Jet Airways in the years to come.”
Source: Jet Airways.
Background:
Jet Airways is the largest Indian airline based out of Mumbai, Maharashtra. It operates over 400 flights daily to 76 destinations worldwide. Its main hub is Mumbai, with secondary hubs at Delhi, Chennai, Cochin, Ahmedabad, Bengaluru and Kolkata. It has an international hub at Brussels Airport, Belgium.
Jet Airways Current Fleet: | P | J | Y | Total |
| Airbus A330-200 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 30 | 190 | 226 | 2 Dry Leased, 10 Owned |
| 0 | 18 | 236 | 254 |
| Airbus A330-300 | – | 5 | TBA | All leased from Intrepid Aviation Group
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| ATR 72-500 | 20 | – | 0 | 0 | 62 | 62 | 6 Dry Leased, 14 Owned |
| 0 | 0 | 68 | 68 |
| Boeing 737-700 | 11 | – | 0 | 16 | 102 | 118 | 3 Dry Leased 8 Owned |
| Boeing 737-800 | 45 | 27 | 0 | 16 | 138 | 154 | 12 Dry Leased, 34 Owned |
| 0 | 8 | 162 | 170 |
| Boeing 737-900 | 2 | – | 0 | 28 | 138 | 166 | All owned |
| Boeing 777-300ER | 10 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 274 | 312 | 8 Owned 5 Dry Leased to Thai Airways International |
| Boeing 787-8 | – | 10 | TBA | Deliveries starting 2014 |
| Total | 100 | 49 |
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Key persons: Naresh Goyal (Founder & Chairman), Nikos Kardassis (CEO), Ali Ghandour (Director)
Official website: jetairways.com