9W increasing fleet by 40% by 2010

[Foxtrot]

117 aircraft by 2010.

Source: http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/...ow/3019039.cms

[Vishal Jolapara]

Well they've got 81 now - http://www.planespotters.net/Airline/Jet-Airways
and it shouldnt be long before they get their remaining machines.

Although Kingfisher managed to get Rating from Skytrax - http://www.airlinequality.com/StarRanking/5star.htm

You know & I know tht arguably Jet Airways is India's Finest Airline & even globally among the best.

No disrespect to Kingfisher though, they've got some sweet women

Poor 9W wonder what went wrong during the review tht that they could only pull-off - http://www.airlinequality.com/StarRanking/3star.htm

But thts ok as i see most of the top American carriers in that same list as well


Cheers - Vishal

[tsv]

What a load of crap that rating system is!

BA 4 stars? They're kidding, 3 at best. And LA only got 3 stars! Rubbish, strong contender for 5 star. AY also definitely a 4 star and again much better than BA.

But possibly the most absurd rating was Virgin Blue - 4 stars my a---. They're bloody hopeless. Closer to 2 stars IMHO.

Haven't flown AC but do they really deserve only 3 stars? Would have expected more.

Wonder what poor old Air Koryo did to become ranked the world's worst airline!

[ATLcenter]

Skytrax's ratings are a bit curious. When Kingfisher got 5*, AF got 4* and Jet Airways got stuck with 3* I almost felt that Vijay Mallya paid Skytrax to demote 9W. Kingfisher and Jet are both good airlines on domestic sectors. Jet seems to promote a more elegant business-oriented product while Kingfisher tries to appeal to younger crowds.

It is a shame that Jet Airways can't become an airline like EK or SQ. No one I know would intentionally connect in BOM or DEL twice!

[AA 1818]

YAY! Great news for them. I think that we are going to see more 737s and possibly more ATRs. I doubt that we are going to see another large wide-body order soon. I mean, with the 777s, the A330s and the 787-8s as the widebody fleet - I don't think that they would add another type. Maybe they will excersice options and add more to their existing numbers. Either way, great news from them and I wish them the best. Keep up the great work!

OMG!!! BTW - THIS IS MY 3000TH POST!!! YAY!!!