New Delhi: Over 150 Jet Airways flights have been delayed since Sunday,
some by over two hours, largely due to an acute shortage of pilots, with
flights originating from Mumbai's Chhatrapati Shivaji International
Airport hit the hardest, reports Roudra Bhattacharya in New Delhi.
The development comes against the backdrop of regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation suspending two Jet pilots last month after issuing notices to 131 pilots for not meeting mandatory licensing requirements. Jet has over 1,000 pilots, while subsidiary JetLite has 189 pilots.
“Around 181 flights have been delayed since Sunday. On Monday, 12 flights were delayed in Mumbai by 3 pm, which led 38 more to be affected in the chain. In fact, 9W 358 (a Delhi-Mumbai flight) was delayed by two hours and 20 minutes. The largest pilot shortage is for Jet’s narrow-body fleet,” said a person close to the development. A delay in one flight usually leads to several other flights also getting pushed back since the same aircraft is often used for multiple sectors.
Read news in full 14/10/14 Roudra Bhattacharya/Financial Express
The development comes against the backdrop of regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation suspending two Jet pilots last month after issuing notices to 131 pilots for not meeting mandatory licensing requirements. Jet has over 1,000 pilots, while subsidiary JetLite has 189 pilots.
“Around 181 flights have been delayed since Sunday. On Monday, 12 flights were delayed in Mumbai by 3 pm, which led 38 more to be affected in the chain. In fact, 9W 358 (a Delhi-Mumbai flight) was delayed by two hours and 20 minutes. The largest pilot shortage is for Jet’s narrow-body fleet,” said a person close to the development. A delay in one flight usually leads to several other flights also getting pushed back since the same aircraft is often used for multiple sectors.
Read news in full 14/10/14 Roudra Bhattacharya/Financial Express
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