MUMBAI, Apr 10: Adding to the woes of the
crippled Jet Airways, a European cargo services provider has
seized one of its Boeing planes at the Amsterdam airport for
non-payment of dues.
The aircraft was to operate a flight (9W 321) to
Mumbai from Amsterdam Thursday, an airline source said.
“The cargo agent seized Boeing 777-300 ER (VT-JEW) of
Jet Airways at the Amsterdam airport as the airline could not
clear his dues,” the airline source told PTI Wednesday.
The airline has grounded more than three-fourths of
its fleet due to non-payment of lessors’ rentals and is
operating just about 25 planes out of its 123 earlier.
Due to cash crunch, the airline has been paying only
part salaries to its over 16,000 employees which forced a
section of its pilots on Tuesday sending a legal notice to the
management which is currently being headed by the lenders led
by State Bank of India.
The airline has confirmed the cancellation of the said
flight attributing to “operational reasons”.
In a statement, Jet Airways said flight 9W 231 from
Amsterdam to Mumbai scheduled for April 10, has been delayed
due to operational reasons.
The aircraft had flown to Amsterdam from Mumbai
Tuesday and was scheduled to return Thursday, the source
added. (PTI)
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