Jet Airways removes free meals from 2 more economy class fare options

Jet Airways offers EMI payment option to purchase tickets
Jet Airways offers EMI payment option to purchase tickets

MUMBAI: Cash-crunched Jet Airways has decided to do away with complimentary meals for economy class passengers travelling on domestic routes under two more fare categories as the full-service airline looks to trim costs.

The revision in fare offerings will be effective for tickets booked from December 21, for travel starting January 7, Jet airways said in a release on Monday.

The carrier currently offers five fare options in the economy class – light, deal, saver, classic and flex – for customers booking flights on domestic routes.

“In addition to the light and deal categories introduced earlier, Jet Airways will offer two more categories under economy travel  saver and classic,” Jet Airways said in a release.

The latest revision in complimentary meals would be availably only for economy passengers who booked their tickets under the flex option, the release said.

The airline will continue to offer complimentary meals across saver and classic fare options to those passengers who have made bookings prior to December 21, it said.

Jet Airways frequent flyers holding platinum and gold card membership will also continue to avail on-board complimentary meal facility as before, the airline added.

It had in 2016 introduced a tier-based flexible fare system. (AGENCIES)