MUMBAI: Loss-making carrier Jet AirwaysNSE 4.65 % Thursday said six more aircraft have been grounded due to non-payment of lease rentals.
With this, the total number of aircraft taken out of operations due to a severe liquidity crunch in the airline and its subsequent failure to pay rentals to various lessors now stand at 19 so far this month, as per the airline.
In a filing to the stock exchanges, the full-service airline said, “An additional six aircraft have been grounded due to non-payment of amounts outstanding to lessors under their respective lease agreements.”