The largest domestic private airline in India, Jet airways with its subsidiary Jetlite, is all set to fly over the lucrative Gulf routes hopefully from next year.

Earlier, this route was the sole domain of the government-owned public carriers Indian and Air India. Now, the government of India has been given permission to Jet airlines to fly on this route.

The government has granted a permission to Jet to start flights to Qatar, Oman, Kuwait and Bahrain. However, the permission to fly for Dubai Abu Dabhi is still under consideration.

The government has been given the permission to Jet but the Jet will be able to start flights after the month of January next years. According to the report, the government is likely to lift the ban from private sector flights to the Gulf countries.

Earlier in 2004, the government of India had banned the private airlines from flying to this revenue-generating route to Gulf countries. That was the time, when the government had allowed the private airlines to start the International flights.

Now, both the public carriers are able to get 85,400 seats per week to the Gulf countries. They are unable to utilize even the just half this number because they have no enough number of aircrafts.

The entry of Jazeera Airways and Ethihad has already started the price war on this route. They are offering the Delhi-Kuwait return ticket for Rs 10,000. Now, the Jet’s entry would also make this price war more competitive.

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