Jet Airways on Saturday grounded seven more aircraft and cancelled additional flights on its network. The airline, running a truncated schedule, suspended or reduced flights to at least 13 of its international stations while closing certain domestic sectors for operations.
In a stock exchange filing on Saturday, Jet said it grounded an additional seven aircraft taking the total number to 54 out of its 119-strong fleet. On March 19, in a meeting with the Indian civil aviation regulator, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), the airline submitted a curtailed schedule operating with 41 aircraft and 603 domestic and 382 international flights.
There might be further changes to this schedule and more flights can be pulled out. “It is a dynamic situation and there may be further attrition in the coming weeks,” the DGCA had said in a statement after meeting Jet officials on March 19.
