Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal Re-Elected To Iata Board Of Governors
Released on: June 5, 2008, 11:30 pm
Press Release Author: Parinaz Driver
Industry: Transportation & Logistics
Press Release Summary: June 04, 2008 : Jet Airways' Chairman, Mr. Naresh Goyal was elected again to the Board of Governors of the airline Industry's apex global body, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) at its 64th Annual General Meeting held in Istanbul, Turkey.
Press Release Body: Mr. Goyal has served on the Board of Governors of the International Air Transport Association (IATA) from 2004-2006. This is the second time that he has been elected to IATA's prestigious Board of Governors. The IATA Board of Governors is IATA's government. The members of the board exercise an oversight and executive role on behalf of the membership as a whole, in representing the interests of the Association.
As a Member of the 30-member Board, Mr. Goyal will serve a one-year term until the close of International Air Transport Association's (IATA) 65th Annual General Meeting in Kuala Lumpur in June 2009.
IATA- the International Air Transport Association - works with its airline members and the air transport industry, as a whole to promote safe, reliable, secure and economical air travel for the benefit of the world's consumers. IATA's 230 member airlines comprise of 94% of all international traffic.
Jet Airways, the Spirit of New India:
Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 83 aircraft, which includes 10 Boeing 777-300 ER aircraft, 9 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 54 classic and next generation Boeing 737-400/700/800/900 aircraft and 10 modern ATR 72-500 turboprop aircraft. With an average fleet age of 4.39 years, the airline has one of the youngest aircraft fleet in the world. Jet Airways operates over 385 flights daily.
Flights to 60 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including New York (both JFK and Newark) Toronto, Brussels, London (Heathrow), Hong Kong, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Colombo, Bangkok, Kathmandu, Dhaka, Kuwait, Bahrain, Muscat, Doha and Abu Dhabi. The airline plans to extend its international operations to other cities in North America, Europe, Africa and Asia in phases with the introduction of additional wide-body aircraft into its fleet.
Jet Airways Public Relations New Delhi & Mumbai, India June 2008
Jet Airways (I) Ltd
Ragini Chopra Vice President - Corporate Communications & PR New Delhi, India Tel: +91-11-4164 5080 Fax: +91-11-4609 5084 raginic@jetairways.com
A.K. Sivanandan Sr. General Manager - PR New Delhi, India Tel: +91-11-2652 3357 Fax: +91-11-2652 3348 asivanandan@jetairways.com
Srirupa Sen Manager - PR Mumbai, India Tel: +91-22-2852 3648 Fax: +91-22-2920 4437 ssen@jetairways.com