MUMBAI: Jet Airways’ domestic operations now comprise just 12-15 planes, making it the smallest operating pan-Indian carrier and also, according to industry experts, ineligible to fly on international routes.
Meanwhile, the debt-laden airline, where lenders have now taken control, has told its Boeing 737 pilots that they could apply for long leave of absence without pay.
Jet is flying 29 planes — ten 737 NGs, seven ATR turboprops for short local routes, and a dozen wide-bodied Airbus A330s and Boeing 777s, said a person close to the matter,
