MUMBAI: Jet Airways, India's premier International airline, recently announced the launch of its first mobile application for Windows Phone in association with Nokia. This makes it India’s first native airline mobile application across any platform, which allows customers to effortlessly book tickets, check flight status, manage their JetPrivilege account and avail special offers among other features.

Keeping in mind the growth in smartphone usage, the app has been designed in a highly innovative and interactive manner to enhance the guest’s travel experience. The app includes display of flight updates and notifications accompanied by the ability to pin the booked ticket onto the home screen for easy access. The safe and secure travel tool would help guests to plan their travel and stay connected at any place, at any time.

Jet Airways chief commercial officer Sudheer Raghavan said, “The launch of the Jet Airways mobile app is an important milestone for the company. The recent years have witnessed a noteworthy increase in the acceptance and usage of smartphones which has led to a significant surge in the use of mobile devices to access the internet. The rapid adoption of app utilization by travelers using smartphones is accelerating the growth of travel bookings among mobile devices. The Jet Airways app has been created with a clear focus on enhancing the guest’s overall travel experience through the use of evolving technology.

“This will be India’s first native app for an airline on any mobile platform which will help travelers to access information and book tickets seamlessly. Nokia and Jet Airways have come together to help make travel planning convenient, simple and smart. Today a smartphone is intrinsic to the way we live and we believe this is a step towards creating pioneering travel apps for the airline industry”, said Nokia India director developer experience Gerard Rego.

Jet Airways mobile app is compatible on Windows Phone 7.5, Windows Phone 7.8 and Windows Phone 8. It leverages the Windows Phone UI, which gives it a smart and elegant appeal. The application is available for free download from the Windows Phone App Store. Alternately, consumers may SMS JetApp to 56388 to download the app. More information can be gathered by logging onto jetairways.com or m.jetairways.com.

Key features of Jet Airways app are:

•    Seamless booking process and secure payment via credit card.

•    Easy access to the booked itinerary, pinned as a tile on the home screen

•    Convenient access and management of JetPrivilege Account, on the go

•    Real time flight status with option to search using flight number, airport or route

•    Registration for receiving real time flight status notification.

•    Latest updates on News and Special offers

•    Users can share their experiences via the app