The Jet Airways has announced the launch of daily non-stop services between India and Amsterdam with effect from March 27.

The airline will operate two daily non-stop flights to Amsterdam Airport, one each from Mumbai and New Delhi. The flight from New Delhi to Amsterdam will also connect to Toronto, Jet Airways Acting CEO Gaurang Shetty said.

Speaking after the inauguration of refurnished office of Jet Airways in the city, he said that there will be an increase in domestic services from Mangaluru in the future and the Indian domestic aviation market is witnessing a robust growth. The Jet Airways is committed to contributing to this growth by providing enhanced connectivity in the future. A total of 1,98,914 domestic passengers and 76,382 international passengers have flown in Jet Airways flights from Mangaluru between April 1 to December 23, 2015.

The Jet Airways, which commenced its operation in Mangaluru in 1993 with daily flight to Mumbai, is now the largest operating carrier out of IXE with 11 daily flights, he added.

He said the Jet airways has handled 288 tonnes of domestic and 279 tonnes of international cargo from Mangaluru between April and October 2015. The cargo handling was 67 tonnes of domestic and 98 tonnes of international cargo from April 2014 to March 2015, he added.