Jet Airways introduces convenient Mobile Ticketing Solution, enabling guests to book flight tickets with their mobile phones

Jet Airways to partner with ngpay, India's largest mall on mobile

June 23, 2011

MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India’s premier International airline, has entered into a partnership with ngpay, offering guests a convenient option to seamlessly book Jet Airways tickets on their mobile phones. With over a million users, ngpay is the fastest growing end-to-end mobile commerce service in India.

This service will allow guests to book, cancel and refund their eTickets and also manage payment cards on their phones. Upon completion of the booking process, an eTicket will automatically be sent to the guest's preferred email address. The eTicket details will also be sent to his mobile phone via SMS.

To activate this facility, Jet Airways guests would need to download the ngpay - mobile ticketing application on their GPRS enabled mobile phones.

To download the application, guests would need to send an SMS “JetNgpay” to 56388. They will then receive a SMS with a link to download the application. Upon successful download, the ngpay icon will be displayed on their mobile phones.

To know more about booking your Jet Airways ticket on ngpay, visit jetairways.com or m.jetairways.com.

According to Mr. Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways (I) Ltd., “Jet Airways’ partnership with ngpay will offer yet another convenient booking channel, enabling our guests to book tickets on their mobile. We are confident that the convenience and simplicity of this service will be much appreciated by our guests especially since mobile phones have now become an integral part of our daily lives.”

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 97 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 12 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 55 next generation Boeing 737-700/800/900 aircraft and 20 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 5.15 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleets in the world. Flights to 75 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong, Jeddah, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, Kuala Lumpur, Kuwait, London(Heathrow), Milan, Muscat, New York(both JFK and Newark), Riyadh, Sharjah, Singapore, Toronto.

About Jet Airways Konnect

Jet Airways' Konnect service operates on key domestic routes, and is designed to meet the needs of the low-fare segment with value-for-money fares. Jet Airways Konnect links seven major metros - Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad and Kolkata – with several destinations across India, operating over 170 flights daily.

About JetLite

JetLite is a subsidiary of Jet Airways India Ltd. and was acquired by Jet Airways in April 2007. Positioned as an all-economy, no-frills airline, JetLite operates a fleet of 17 Boeing 737 series aircrafts. The airline flies to 27 domestic destinations and 1 international destination (Kathmandu), operating over 110 flights a day, on average.

Jet Airways, Jet Airways Konnect and JetLite have a combined fleet strength of 114 aircraft and operate over 580 flights daily.