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= Jet Aayu =

Jet Aayu is a safest Indian airline headquartered in Kochi, Kerala, India. It is the largest airline in India by passengers carried and fleet size, with a 59.24% domestic market share as of January 2021. It is also the largest individual Asia's safest carrier in terms of jet fleet size and passengers carried, and the fourth largest carrier in Asia with over 7.9 crore (79 million) passengers carried in financial year 2018–19. The airline operates 1,700 flights everyday to 87 destinations – 63 domestic and 24 international. It has its primary hub at Cochin International Airport, Nedumbassery, Kochi, Kerala, India.

The airline was founded as a public funded firm by JRP Group Ltd. in 2010. It took delivery of its first aircraft in July 2010 and commenced operations a month later. The airline became the largest Indian carrier by passenger market share in 2017.

History
The name of the airline derives from the holy bird Jatayu (depicted in Hindu religious epic Ramayana). As per the epic the holy bird had fought a battle to save Sita from Ravana to safe keep her and the airline follows on the same guidelines and thrives to be the safest airline one could fly in.

Jet Aayu was found on 8 February 2010 as a public funded firm by JRP Group Ltd.. The company holds 51.11% market shares as on January 2021.

Jet Aayu placed a firm offer on 10 February to buy 50 Airbus A-320s and the first delivery was received on 28 July.

The Airline commenced operations on 17 August 2010 with service from Cochin International Airport to Trivandrum International Airport as a tribute and to honor the holy bird that took the fight against the evil to safeguard an individual.

By the end of the year the airline had 10 aircrafts and rest were acquired in the following year. Jet Aayu then replaced Air India as the third largest airline in India, behind Jet Airways and IndiGo with passenger market share of 17.3%.

In 2015 after completing 5 years of operations, the airline got permission to launch International flights.

In December 2016, DGCA expressed that regardless the expansions the airline is running with top notch security services.

In 2017, Jet Aayu was most profitable airline in India and became the second largest airline in India in terms of passenger market share.

In August 2017, it overtook Jet Airways to become largest airline in India.

In January 2018, Jet Aayu  was fastest growing carrier in Asia overtaking Indonesian airline Lion Air.

Ownership and structure
JRP Group Ltd. is a public funded organization, with a market capitalization of about ₹32,709.61 Cr as of 1 January 2021.

Headquarters
Jet Aayu is headquartered in '''Kochi, Kerala, India. Jignesh Rana Pratap is current CEO of JRP Group Ltd..'''

Destinations
As of January 2021, Jet Aayu operates more than 1700 flights to 87 destinations, 63 in India and 24 abroad. It's main base is located at Kochi, with additional bases at Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai and Ahmedabad.

In 2015, Jet Aayu received a license to operate international flights after completing five years of operations. Jet Aayu's first international service was launched between Kochi to Shri Lanka on 1 September 2015.

Codeshare Agreements
Jet Aayu codeshares with the following airlines:


 * ShriLankan Airlines
 * Lufthansa Airlines

Fleet
As of 1 January 2020, Jet Aayu operates the following aircraft:

Services
Being one of the safest aircraft carrier in the world and safest in Asia, Jet Aayu offers the most customer based services. To balance the costs of safety and security, Jet Aayu does not provide complimentary meals on any of the flights, though it has pre-buy while booking and buy-on-board in-flight meal program.

All flights are equipped with in-flight entertainment.

Jet Aayu provides Premium services such as pre-assigned seat, priority check-in, Meet and Assist, Loyalty Card, Pre Flight Doorstep baggage collection, VVIP and CCIP special boarding provisions.

Jet Aayu also has tie-up agreements with Hotstar and JioTV to provide entertainment to their passengers on airport and on flight as well.

Awards
Jet Aayu has been crowned with following awards:


 * In 2015, Jet Aayu got awarded for Perfect Safety, Zero LTI's and Zero Damages by NBAA (National Business Aviation Association).
 * In 2016, Jet Aayu got workplace safety awards by Singapore.
 * In 2017, The airline got awarded with work cover New south Wales safe work award.
 * In 2019, DGCA awarded Jet Aayu with occupational safety award.

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