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Jet Airways crisis: Airline grounds 7 more aircraft, cancels additional flights

Saturday Jet Airways grounded 7 more aircraft and cancelled additional flights on its network. The airline, running a truncated schedule, suspended or reduced flights to at least 13 of its international stations while closing certain domestic sectors for operations. In a stock exchange filing, Jet said the total of grounded aircraft is 54 out of its 119-strong fleet. March 19, in a meeting with the DGCA, the airline submitted a curtailed schedule operating with 41 aircraft and 603 domestic and 382 international flights. There might be further changes to this schedule and more flights can be pulled out. “It is a dynamic situation and there may be further attrition in the coming weeks,” the DGCA had said. The airline has made service reductions to certain international routes like Bangkok, Kathmandu, Singapore and some Middle East destinations. <br/>