Jet Airways announced they will begin service from Sharjah to Kochi from 1 September 2009. The airline’s general manager for Dubai and northern emirates said they decided to launch the new service because “there is a large Keralite community residing in Sharjah and the northern emirates, who would like to travel on a full service premium airline which offers very good ‘value for money’”. With the addition of the Sharjah to Kochi flight serviced, Jet Airways now operates 8 daily services from the UAE to India.
The Sharjah-Kochi service will operate on a Boeing 737-800 aircraft. On 1 September and 24 October flight 92 652 will depart Kochi at 1045 hours and arrive in Sharjah at 1305 hours. The return flight 9W 561 will depart Sharjah at 1415 hours and arrive in Kochi at 1945 hours.