The airline's ground staff held a silent protest at Mumbai airport and then marched to the local police station seeking criminal action against the management
The court's directions came on a plea, filed by activist Bejon Kumar Misra, which had said that the sudden suspension of air services of Jet has resulted in a major crisis for passengers
On occasion of Labour Day, Jet Airways employees also organised a peaceful protest and requested the government's interference to save the airline
Noting that the group mediclaim policy would cease from May 1, Jet Airways Chief People Officer Rahul Taneja urged employees to take a medical insurance cover of their choice
The grounding of Jet has come as an opportunity for the market to hire readily-available skilled workforce from the licenced categories and deploy them directly into
Employees consortium claims it can secure an investment of Rs 3,000 crore to kick-start operations and settle dues
The airline has not paid March salaries to its over 20,000 employees. Jet ceased operations on April 17
The now grounded airline has not paid March salaries to its over 20,000 employees
Jet's descent into crisis has benefited international airlines in the form of rising fares and demand
The airline said a web interface has been created and agents have been asked to submit claims till May 20
The bench observed that the petition was all in the media reports even before coming up for hearing in the court.
While the DGCA has deregistered more than 30 planes on requests from lessors, this is the first such application from lenders
The nature of Jet's aircraft routes was such that its early morning flight departures to some of the key markets were critical for logistic players as they ensured timely delivery of cargo
The report is not a full-fledged forensic audit on the airline and has pointed out some discrepancies in the airline's books
Among others, US-based private equity firms TPG Capital and Indigo Partners have not yet started any due diligence, in an indication that they don't intend to submit a binding bid
This is because they failed to put a proper risk management system in place
The petitioner contends that all other airlines have "exorbitantly increased their fares and the toothless and vulnerable consumers are constrained to suffer"
Or else customers will face capacity shortages and high fares
The letter has come against the backdrop of Minister of State for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha's reported comments that capable employees of Jet Airways would be absorbed by other airlines
Any potential buyer of Jet would be staring at a total debt of around Rs 11,000 crore unless they get substantial write-offs