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Cash-strapped Jet Airways has grounded 2 of its widebody aircraft — a Boeing 777-300ER and an Airbus A330-300 — due to insufficient funds for the engine and other spares, industry sources confirmed. These aircraft are grounded at Chennai International, ironically behind the disputed aircraft of the now defunct Vijay Mallya-promoted Kingfisher Airlines. While the Boeing 777-300ER has been grounded for the last 10 days, the A330 has not flown for the past 1 week, sources said. “The aircraft are also being cannibalised,” a source added. a Jet Airways spokesperson said, “The airline’s fleet undergoes scheduled maintenance and operational rotation from time to time.” However, it is to be noted that Jet does not have a hangar at Chennai and its aircraft maintenance facility at that airport is basic. <br/>

Crisis-hit Jet Airways Tuesday paid the balance amount of salaries for the month of August to its pilots, engineers and senior management but told them that September payments would be delayed, sources said. As part of a staggered payment plan, the carrier was to clear the remaining 50% of the August salary to these personnel Sept 26. Jet Airways chief people officer Rahul Taneja told pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers and senior management team that it has remitted the balance of the Aug 2018 payroll Tuesday. "I sincerely regret that owing to unprecedented circumstances, including the continuing rise in the price of Brent fuel and the appreciation of the US dollar, there will be a delay in the payment of the Sept 2018 payroll," he said, adding that the delays were unavoidable. <br/>