Jet Airways group remains India’s largest airline

September 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - In a bid to lure back passengers, Jet Airways and Jet Airways Konnect have announced a 50 percent discount in fares for five days from Monday. An official spokesperson for the airline confirmed this Sunday evening, hours after the airline started limping back to normalcy after the crippling five-day agitation of its pilots was called off around midnight.

September 13th, 2009 India's Jet Airways pilots end strike after 5 daysNEW DELHI — Pilots at India's Jet Airways resumed work Sunday ending a five-day strike that led to the cancellation of more than 800 flights, company officials said. The standoff between the airline and its pilots ended late Saturday after the company agreed to reinstate four pilots who were fired for trying to form a pilots' union.

September 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Jet Airways rebellion continued for the third consecutive day on Thursday with over 233 flights being cancelled by the airline following a row between the airline management and its pilots over the sacking of two of their senior colleagues. Meanwhile, air passengers continue to be buffeted by the ill wind blowing between Jet Airways and its pilots.

September 8th, 2009 MUMBAI/NEW DELHI - For the second consecutive day Jet Airways flights were disrupted following an ongoing agitation by pilots, leading to cancellation of 160 flights across the country Wednesday, an airline official said. Many pilots continued to report sick Wednesday despite a Bombay High Court order last evening restraining them from resorting to any form of strike in the country's largest private airline.

September 1st, 2009 Sector Snap: Airline shares downATLANTA — Despite a drop in oil prices, airline shares fell Tuesday as the broader stock market plunged. Benchmark crude for October delivery fell $1.91 to settle at $68.05 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange.

August 26th, 2009 US Airways raising checked bag feesNEW YORK — US Airways said Wednesday it is bumping up its fees for first and second checked bags by $5 each, and is tacking on an additional fee for a second checked bag on trans-Atlantic flights. The Tempe, Ariz.-based airline will charge $20 for the first checked bag and $30 for the second, when bags are checked online.

August 20th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Jet Airways Konnect, the low-cost arm of leading private carrier Jet Airways, will increase the number of daily flights it operates from 135 to 180 by Oct 1, it was announced Thursday. "Effective September 3, Konnect will launch services on several key domestic routes previously operated by Jet Airways and will have 180 daily flights by Oct 1," the airline said in a statement.

July 29th, 2009 British Airways cuts short haul free mealsLONDON — British Airways PLC is scrapping all free meals — except breakfast — on its short-haul flights as the airline continues to trim costs amid a recession-driven downturn in demand for travel. BA said Wednesday that the decision to cut meals on flights lasting less than two hours would save the airline around 22 million pounds ($36 million) each year.

July 21st, 2009 Sector Snap: Airline shares fallATLANTA — Airline shares fell Thursday as oil prices ticked higher and the broader stock market was hammered. In afternoon trading, the Dow fell 146.47 points to 9,565.81.

July 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Private carrier Jet Airways has terminated the services of over 50 trainee engineers as part of its cost-cutting measures, the airline said Saturday. "As a part of our cost restructuring exercise and in order to meet the challenges of the downturn in the aviation sector, Jet Airways has found it necessary to issue notices of termination to trainee junior technicians, Ragini Chopra, a spokesperson of the airline, said in a statement.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Leading private carrier Jet Airways will launch a new economy service, 'Jet Airways Konnect', from Friday on select sectors, the airline announced Thursday. The company said in a regulatory statement that Jet Konnect would offer almost all services of the parent carrier and would help the airline cater to the needs of the consumers opting for low-fare services.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's leading private carrier Jet Airways handed over pink slips to 110 employees on the eve of May Day, the company said Friday. 'Jet Airways undertakes additional measures to streamline costs to improve the financial health of the company under the challenging economic environment.

April 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India's leading private carrier Jet Airways Friday said it has cut salaries of at least 370 senior employees as the airline was bleeding on account of falling traffic and rising operational costs. 'We have temporarily imposed a reduction in salaries for the management cadre.

February 17th, 2009 MUMBAI - Jet Airways group chief executive Ravi Chaturvedi has put in his papers citing personal reasons. His resignation would be effective April 1, said an airline official Wednesday.

February 17th, 2009 KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Wednesday signed a code-sharing agreement with Jet Airways and plans to seal a deal with it for a maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) joint venture in Hyderabad, India, by February end, its chief executive officer Idris Jala said here. The airline, which is also Malaysia's national carrier, was hopeful that India's Jet Airways would become its anchor tenant, Jala said after signing the code-sharing agreement with the Indian airline.