Mangalore:  Jet Airways will be operating flights six times a week  on the Mangalore-Dubai route from January 3 onwards. The airline will deploy a Boeing 737-800 aircraft with 170 Economy seats on this route

The  flight 9W 532  will depart from the port city of Mangalore at 2000 hrs and arrive Dubai at 2230 hrs (Local Time) on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Sundays. On the return leg, flight 9W 531 will depart Dubai at 2330 hrs (LT) on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays, and arrive Mangalore at 0430 hrs (LT) next day,  a release from Jet Airways said.

On Fridays, flight 9W 532 will depart Mangalore at 1900 hrs and arrive Dubai at 2130 hrs (local time). On the return, flight 9W 531 will depart Dubai at 2230 hrs (LT) and arrive Mangalore at 0330 hrs (LT) the next day. On Tuesdays, flight 9w 532 will depart Mangalore at 1940 hrs and arrive Dubai at 2210 hrs (LT), the release said.

Sudheer Raghavan, Chief Commercial Officer, Jet Airways, said the new Mangalore-Dubai service will provide a much-needed link between the chief port city of Karnataka and Dubai, catering to the large number of Indians settled in the United Arab Emirates.