On Sunday, nearly hundreds of passengers of Jet Airways were stranded at Mumbai airport after the carrier cancelled 10 domestic flights. According to the Jet Airways officials, the flights were cancelled from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA) due to operational issues. However, the airline source claimed it was due to pilots' scarcity.
Jet Airways had to cancel a few domestic flights of date (November 18) due to operational reasons. Guests of the affected flights were duly informed about their flight status via SMS alerts. In accordance with regulatory policy, guests have been re-accommodated and or compensated," the airline said in a statement.
The airline said it regrets the inconvenience caused to its guests. The airline source said the carrier has not been regular in paying salaries to pilots, engineers and senior management for quite some time now.
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The airline failed to operate as many as domestic 10 flights from Mumbai Sunday as it did not have the required number of pilots.
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