Published on : Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Jet Airways had requested emergency funds worth Rs.400 crore from the State Bank of India-led consortium of lenders to stay afloat but its request was rejected. The airline owes money to lessors, suppliers, pilots and oil companies.
In a statement the Jet Airways announced the halting of ops, the airline said it would “inform all guests about the temporary suspension of flight operations via text message or email to the contact details listed in their bookings”.
A travel agent, appealed to the Prime Minister’s Office, seeking refund.
“@PMOIndia sir I am a small travel agent and do ticketing on jetairways directly as I am an iata agent. My payment gateway is credit card .and now due to jetairways shutdown situation I am not getting my refund back from airline since 25mar19 . There are many agent like me suffered,” he said.
Singer Sophie Choudry also tweeted: As a @jetairways loyalist am devastated to see what the airline & the employees are going through! But I remain hopeful!! It is an airline we should be proud of, one we need & one more than 20,000 employees have put years of hard work into!! Surely there must be way!! #JetAirways
Another passenger who had booked tickets for the airline sought to know the status of his flight. “Hi there @jetairways can you please reply to my Dm regarding my flight booked for 8th June 2019 from Dubai to Mumbai. What is the status? If the flights won’t be operational how do I claim my refund?”
Captain Karan Chopra, head of the National Aviators Guild — the Union for Jet Airways’ pilots, sought the government’s intervention in the matter. “Unemployment is an election issue… In another day or two, more than 20,000 people in Jet Airways can be unemployed,” he said while speaking to the media.
Saddled with more than $1.2 billion in bank debt, Jet Airways stopped all of its international flights over the last week. By Friday, it ended up owing Rs 3,500 crore to passengers due to the cancellations, news agencies reported.
Source:- Jet Airways
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