This new JetLite service will complement the existing Jet Airways Konnect flight on Tuesdays/ Thursdays/ Saturdays/Sundays, where 9W 2478 departs Kolkata at 1350 hrs and arrives into Agartala at 1455 hrs. On the return, 9W 2479 departs Agartala at 1755hrs arriving into Kolkata at 1845 hrs.

On Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays, Jet Airways Konnect flight 9W 2478 departs from Kolkata at 1640 hrs and arrives into Agartala at 1745 hrs. Flight 9W 2479 leaves Agartala at 1825 hrs and arrives into Kolkata at 1920 hrs.

The airline, bettering its growth figures in November 2009, has reported a 53 per cent surge in domestic and 28 per cent surge in international passenger traffic for December 2009, vis-a-vis the same period last year, Jet Airways said in a statement on Tuesday.

The average seat factor for international operations for December stood at 84.9 per cent, reflecting growing passenger demand on the international sector.

Jet had registered a growth of 33 per cent in domestic and 19 per cent in international passenger traffic in November last year.

Jet Konnect and Jetlite, airlines’ all-economy arm, had registered surge of 23 per cent in passenger traffic at an average seat factor of 81.5 per cent in December last year.

Jet carried about 3,67,246 passengers in December last year compared to 2,86,711 in December 2008 on international sector. The airlines carried 3,25,869 to various international destinations in the month of November last year.