Jet Airways will cancel about 40 flights a week on 7 Gulf routes from Wednesday as it struggles to raise funds and stay afloat. The airline will cut flights to Doha, Muscat, Abu Dhabi and Dubai from various Indian cities. A Jet Airways spokesperson said airline “has undertaken a comprehensive review of its network, whereby it will move capacity from uneconomical routes to more profitable ones. As part of this strategy, Gulf operations are being optimised to focus on connectivity at our hubs in Mumbai and Delhi instead of point-to-point connectivity." The airline says pulling out of some Gulf routes will not affect its scale of operations. Jet has been facing a severe cash crunch due to which it has delayed salary payment to pilots, aircraft maintenance engineers and senior management. <br/>
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Jet Airways cancelled at least 14 flights to various destinations Sunday after some of its pilots reported "sick" over non-payment of their dues, a source said. The loss-making carrier has been defaulting on salary disbursement to its senior management along with pilots and engineer since August due to severe cash crunch. The airline has partially paid to these staff for September while the full salaries of October and November also remain unpaid. "At least 14 flights have been cancelled so far due to some pilots reporting sick. They are protesting against non-payment of salary, dues and the indifferent attitude of the National Avia tor's Guild (NAG) in taking up the issue with the management," the source said. <br/>