With Mumbai- Manchester direct flights, Jet Airways aims to tap a market of 500,000 people of Indian origin living in the north of Britain. Photo: MintLondon: Jet Airways India Ltd. will offer the first ever direct flights from Mumbai to northern England with services to Manchester starting in November. Jet currently serves London Heathrow three times daily from Mumbai and once a day from Delhi. Flights from Manchester and London Gatwick, which Jet may also consider, aren’t affected by those curbs. News of the Manchester route comes after Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise said Monday it would start flights there from Addis Ababa in December, giving it a second UK destination 45 years after the launch of services to London.

Source: Mint May 18, 2018 14:15 UTC