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Jet Airways traditionally started off as a full-service airline, and as of today, continues to be a full service airline.

During a period starting in the mid-2000s, the aviation sector in India saw massive price crashes due to the introduction of low-cost / budget airlines such as Air Deccan (later rebranded as Kingfisher Red after an acquisition by now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines). Jet Airways acquired a competitor called Air Sahara and rebranded it as JetLite and JetKonnect (the airlines continued to use the old callsign "S2" as opposed to Jet Airways' "9W") to compete in the same segment. JetLite and JetKonnect were priced somewhat differently, with one being low-cost, and another being mid-tier.

It's worth noting that the above subsidiaries were primarily for internal flights within with India, so the discussion is somewhat moot for international flights; with the exception of a few South Asian routes, international flights were always under the main Jet Airways brand. In 2014, Jet Airways absorbed the low-cost brands and went full-service. It's also now partly owned by Etihad Airways.

By all characteristics, Jet Airways is considered a full-service airline:

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