Jet airways strike results in cancellation of 130 flights mostly from Mumbai

Jet airways strike has affected 130 flights which were cancelled from the four major metros after a large chunk of pilots failed to report for work protesting against sacking of two of their colleagues.

No of flights cancelled

• Mumbai: 115 flights out of the total 345
• Delhi: 10
• Chennai: 6 (includes three international)
• Kolkata: 4

Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal met civil aviation secretary Madhavan Nambiar on Tuesday morning for about half-an-hour and is understood to have discussed the situation.

According to a Jet Airways press statement – a section of the pilots have resorted to a “simulated strike by reporting sick”. Jet Airways said all affected guests can get a full refund or rebook themselves on an alternate date without any cancellation or reissue charges.

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