ETIHAD AIRWAYS AND JET AIRWAYS TO SPONSOR MUMBAI INDIANS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE IPL SEASON

ETIHAD AIRWAYS AND JET AIRWAYS TO SPONSOR MUMBAI

INDIANS FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE IPL SEASON

Etihad Airways and Jet Airways will be the official airline partners and principal sponsors for

the Pepsi Indian Premier League (IPL) team, the Mumbai Indians, for the 2015 Twenty20

tournament.

The announcement was made ahead of the Mumbai Indian’s first match against the Kolkata

Knight Riders in West Bengal on 8 April.

It will be the second consecutive year that Etihad Airways and Jet Airways have partnered

with the Mumbai Indians, which has become one of the largest sports brands in India and

followed by millions of cricket fans around the world.

Crowned champions of the 2013 IPL, the Mumbai Indians will be hoping to build on their

efforts in the Pepsi IPL 2014 when they progressed to the semi-final stage having played the

first five matches in the United Arab Emirates.

Peter Baumgartner, Etihad Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “The Pepsi Indian

Premier League is recognised as one of the most exciting competitions in world sport, with

the Mumbai Indians its biggest team, so it’s great news for Etihad Airways to be named as

the team’s joint airline partner and principle sponsor alongside our friends at Jet Airways.

“We can't wait for the Mumbai Indians’ season to start against the Kolkata Knight Riders and

to continue the fan engagement activities, particularly in social media, which were so popular

in 2014.”

Following the same format as last year, the Etihad Airways logo will be located at the top of

the back of the shirts worn by the Mumbai Indians for home matches and the Jet Airways

logo will be featured in the same position for away matches.

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Raj Sivakumar, Jet Airways’ Chief Commercial Officer, said: “The Mumbai Indians

partnership is without question one of our most exciting sponsorship properties and we’re

thrilled to work with the team again for the 2015 Pepsi IPL.

“The brand exposure that both airlines will gain throughout the next two months of the IPL

will be phenomenal and we look forward to supporting the Mumbai Indians as Rohit Sharma

and his team looks to win the title for the second time.”

AkashAmbani of Mumbai Indianssaid, “We are delighted to renew our association with

international brands like Etihad Airways and Jet Airways as Principle Sponsor. The core

values of our brands are synergistic in aiming to delight our patrons.

“This renewal reinforces the unique value that Mumbai Indians represents and offers to its

partners. We look forward to strengthening our relationship across all platforms.”

Among the highlights of the sponsorship agreement will be the display of extensive

Etihad Airways and Jet Airways branding and messaging beamed across LED pitch-side

advertising and on giant screens in the Wankhede Stadium.

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Etihad Airways added a third daily flight from Mumbai to Abu Dhabi and a new daily service

from Kolkata to Abu Dhabi on Sunday, 15 February. In addition, a third daily flight will be

added from New Delhi to Abu Dhabi on Friday 1 May.

These schedule expansions are complemented by the recently launched Jet Airways daily

services from Goa and Lucknow to Abu Dhabi. Jet Airways flights from Ahmedabad, Pune

and Mangalore to Abu Dhabi flights are also set to start on Sunday 29 March.

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These increases mean that from May 2015, Etihad Airways and Jet Airways will offer a

combined schedule of 224 weekly return flights from 15 destinations in India — more than

any other individual carrier from the Gulf region.

The combined operation will include five flights a day from Mumbai, four flights a day

from Delhi, three flights a day from Bengaluru, Chennai, Hyderabad and Kochi, two

flights a day from Ahmedabad and Kozhikode, and daily flights from Jaipur, Kolkata, and

Thiruvananthapuram.

About Etihad Airways

Etihad Airways began operations in 2003, and in 2014 carried 14.8 million passengers.

From its Abu Dhabi base, Etihad Airways flies to 111 existing or announced passenger and

cargo destinations in the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and the Americas. The

airline has a fleet of 111 Airbus and Boeing aircraft, and more than 200 aircraft on firm order,

including 69 Boeing 787s, 25 Boeing 777-X, 62 Airbus A350s and nine Airbus A380s.

Etihad Airways holds equity investments in airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Aer Lingus,

Alitalia, Jet Airways and Virgin Australia, and is in the process of formalising an equity

investment in Swiss-based Etihad Regional, operated by Darwin Airline. Etihad Airways,

along with airberlin, Air Serbia, Air Seychelles, Alitalia, Etihad Regional, Jet Airways and

NIKI, also participate in Etihad Airways Partners, a new brand that brings together like-
minded airlines to offer customers more choice through improved networks and schedules

and enhanced frequent flyer benefits. For more information, please visit: www.etihad.com.

About Jet Airways

Jet Airways currently operates a fleet of 116 aircraft, which include 10 Boeing 777-300 ER

aircraft, 8 Airbus A330-200 aircraft, 4 Airbus A330-300 aircraft, 73 next generations Boeing

737-700/800/900/900 ER aircraft and 15 ATR 72-500 and 3 ATR72-600. With an average

fleet age of 5.18 years, the airline has one of the youngest fleet of aircraft in the world.

Flights to 75 destinations span the length and breadth of India and beyond, including Abu

Dhabi, Bahrain, Bangkok, Brussels, Colombo, Dammam, Dhaka, Doha, Dubai, Hong Kong,

Jeddah, Kathmandu, Kuwait, London (Heathrow), Muscat, New York (Newark), Riyadh,

Sharjah, Singapore and Toronto.

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