The Mumbai-based airline said Friday it is suspending flights on its Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco route from 13 January Mumbai: The country’s largest private airline, Jet Airways (India) Ltd, is in talks with Turkish Airlines and Air Tanzania to lease out four new Boeing B777 planes from January, after the carrier stops using these aircraft on a suspended India-US route, according to a company executive. The Mumbai-based airline said Friday it is suspending flights on its Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco route from 13 January, confirming a Mint report of 1 October. Jet Airways had launched the daily Mumbai-Shanghai-San Francisco flight on 14 June after a long wait for approvals. By August, it had pared frequency to five times a week to cut losses. The company executive...
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