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flyjet787 · Member Joined: 26 Jan 2010 Posts: 282

Jet Airways delays December salary

Trouble for airline companies continues, as India largest airline by market share, Jet Airways has delayed payment of salary for the month of December.

The worst hit are the pilots, engineers and senior management, who will receive their salaries on the 14th of January. The remaining employees will get their salaries by 7th of January.

The airline informed the employees about this latest development via an official mail send out by the company's HR head. No reasons were mentioned in the mail as to why the salaries have been delayed.

Typically Jet Airway's employees receive their salaries by the 4th or 5th of every month. ET NOW is in possession of the letter send out by the HR.

After Kingfisher Airlines and Air India, Jet Airways is the latest to join the list of companies that have delay salaries. Earlier this week, the airline also slashed salaries of its trainee pilots,

Jet Airways has close to 950 pilots and 12000 employees.

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/jet-airways-delays-december-salary/articleshow/11340857.cms

HAWK21M · Posted: Tue Jan 03, 2012 1:19 pm Post subject:

Normally the trend is to compensate the loss to the employee when profits return....its speaks of a professional company....If 9W is not doing that its very disapointing.
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747-237 · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:13 am Post subject:

GECAS has leased three of its newly ordered -72/600s to Brazilian regional carrier TRIP Linhas Aéreas and has signed with Jet Airways in India for another five units.

http://www.avionews.com/index.php?corpo=see_news_home.php&news_id=1136728&pagina_chiamante=airlinersindia.html
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Optimus.Prime · Posted: Wed Jan 04, 2012 11:11 am Post subject:

ameya · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 9:13 pm Post subject:

Dad just completed a round trip on BOM-BKK-BOM on 9W - Business class.
He is hating the decision.

His core factors of selecting 9W was the new 0730 dep from BOM so that he would work when he lands since he was to return by the evening 2055 dep the next day.

BOM - Decent experience, lounge not upto the mark.
BKK - No lounge access was given, there was some arguments between some business class pax and the jet staff

Onboard:
Outbound - Decent service, seats were not very comfertable. Food just about OK.
Inbound - Poor Service. There were used napkins in his seat pockets. Limited drinks service and the crew said they forgot to upload nuts and other items to be served along with the drinks service.
NonVeg option got over in Business class !!!!!!!!

Guess he is too used to *A standards, since most of his travels come on *A.
But jet is not going anywhere with this service. Having best timings, good connectivity and hub structure is one part of the story, having best service, good aircrafts and happy guest is another...

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Well, given the short duration of the flight, Jet's J seats are perfectly good for the route. They're no beds, sure, but do the job just fine.

Al BOM, Jet's offering is the same as Al Yemda's, so of course it's going to be below the mark. At BKK, I wouldn't put it past Jet to withraw lounge access completely. Thai need to be paid, and with fuel prices - waa - and the ecomomy - waa - and good golly gosh have you seen the exchange rate - waa waa...

As for the crew, well, that's what you get when the recruitment office is between the see-saw and the swings in the baajoo walla playground.
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Nimish · Posted: Thu Jan 05, 2012 10:50 pm Post subject:

me111993 · Member Joined: 04 Sep 2009 Posts: 3225 Location: MAA/AMD

Consistancy is one thing you get with TG, and with most other legacy carriers, for that matter. IFE is something that lacks in TG though, can really make 4 odd hours very long.

@ameya, any idea how full the flight was? By what i've heard recently, there's been a great response to the 3rd daily BKK service, they've managed to pull in a great amount of tourist traffic + a lot of Gulf Transit traffic!
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ameya · Posted: Fri Jan 06, 2012 9:23 am Post subject:

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www.business-standard.com/india/news/jet-to-merge-two-low-cost-carriers-/461052/

The fact that 2 LCC's will be merged is catching wind again, this time around a source in Jet confirmed the same to Business Standard.

First of all, JetLite planes/flights will be taken under Jet Konnect.
Than these will be reconfigured to the same 8/162 configuration, as the presence of those additional 8 business class seats really helps give Jet the edge over the likes of 6E and SG.
There won't be any crew cross-overs though.
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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Oh yay! Let's continue the high-cost + lo-fare combination. Not to forget the increasing lo taste ingredients.

A winning combination if ever there were one. The bank manager better brace himself, the money's about to come pouring in like one wouldn't believe.
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The Full service and LCC line has diminished considerably down the years. Let 9W and even IT get rid of all their hot meals etc and just keep them on routes which actually warrants that. The lines can be defined by airlines, say, hot meals only on flights 2hours and above and deliver those AIX style snack boxes on all other flights. Throw Konnect, Lite and all those brands in the dustbin. Let this side be compensated by a well defined network in India which connects to all international flights, more streamlined experience at airports, reservations etc and all other creative ideas 9W can come up with.

If 9W believes it's capabilities, they have to take this step. IT will soon follow and it will put pressure on 6E.

9W, IT HAVE to lower their operational costs; they do not have an option.

jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Absolutely, the biggest need of the hour is to cut costs. As well, to rationalise their network, have at least one functioning and effective hub with actual banks, and resolve the dangerous identity crisis that has led to much of the problems we see today..

But they need to be careful where they make these cuts. Wholesale cutbacks for the most important customer base (top-level elites and premium passengers) is simply suicidal.

Also, really, there's no need to serve any meal of any sort on most domestic flights. A beverage run with wafers / biscuits is plenty. I don't know what the current crew complement is, but eliminating meal service may also help bring down crew costs by reducing staffing per flight to the mandated minimum.

On the other hand, there is plenty of truth in the saying that you need to spend money to make money.
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747-237 · Posted: Tue Jan 10, 2012 9:15 pm Post subject:

http://www.jetairways.com/EN/IN/PressReleases/Jetairways_safety.aspx

Press Statement

January 10, 2012

In light of the media reports Jet Airways and JetLite would like to clarify that as India's leading domestic and international carrier the Jet Airways group complies with all International and national aviation norms. Jet Airways accords the highest priority to the safety of its guests, and all its cockpit and cabin crew alike and the airline takes all the necessary precautions to ensure onboard safety and security at all times.

It is pertinent to note that both Jet Airways and JetLite are certified by IATA’s International Operational Safety Audit (IOSA). This program is an internationally recognized and accepted evaluation system designed to assess the operational management and control systems of an airline. IOSA's quality audit principles are designed to conduct audits in a standardized manner.

With reference to the recently concluded financial audit carried out by the DGCA, both Jet Airways and JetLite have duly submitted 'Action Taken Reports' in line with Industry practice. As such Jet Airways and Jet Lite are in compliance with all regulatory requirements to ensure Safe operation.

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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

With the claim that they always take it seriously? Absolutely.

http://airlinersindia.s4.bizhat.com/viewtopic.php?t=10692

But daddy says Jet are always beautifully best, so they must be, right?
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ameya · Posted: Thu Jan 12, 2012 10:14 am Post subject:

Head Naresh Goyal speak to NDTV yesterday for a 30 minute program. Spoke sence, calm, logical, unlike what others in the league and CEOs have spoken during the last few weeks.

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ameya · Posted: Fri Jan 13, 2012 12:05 pm Post subject:

Jet airways tweeted this link - Nokia Lumia plane in the making

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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

Like I said already, I was involved in the complaint, in that I actually wrote it myself. Plus I saw the pictures. Not quite "Everyone says, 100%..."

And I did apply to the Trash of India.

They rejected me. Said I wasn't clueless enough and hired a couple of JetChildren instead.
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747-237 · Posted: Sat Jan 14, 2012 5:27 pm Post subject:

JetLite has returned a Boeing 737-800, VT-SIK to its lessor and has had it ferried to Brussels.
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747-237 · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:40 pm Post subject:

Jet Air to sale-and-leaseback of 10 aircraft by March

http://www.moneycontrol.com/news/results-boardroom/jet-air-to-sale-and-leaseback10-aircraft-by-march_655469.html
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747-237 · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 4:42 pm Post subject:

http://www.livemint.com/2012/01/23152327/JetLite-to-be-rebranded-as-Jet.html

JetLite to be rebranded as Jet Airways Konnect by March-end

Jet Airways (India) Ltd, the country’s largest airline by passengers, will complete rebranding its low-fare carrier JetLite (India) Ltd as Jet Airways Konnect by end of March.

Jet Airways bought Sahara Airlines in April 2007 and renamed it JetLite.
The process of branding JetLite as Jet Airways Konnect will be complete by end of this quarter and the company will then focus more on its low-fare unit, K.G. Vishwanath, vice president, commercial strategy and investor relations, Jet Airways, said on Monday.

“The brand value of Jet Airways Konnect will be more after branding and we will be able to charge more,” he said.

Mint first reported on this development on 28 October 2010.

JetLite will remain a legal entity, a shell company that will continue to own the planes that will be operated under Jet Airways Konnect.

Jet Airways will continue to offer full services—first, business and economy classes—while Jet Airways Konnect will provide all-economy, budget services.
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jasepl · Member Joined: 26 Jul 2008 Posts: 4257 Location: bund-bay

More branding? I wonder what they will come up with next?

They've got the website, boarding pass, tray table, crockery, bulkhead and fuselage covered. Anything else I missed?

Facepainting passengers with "Growth is Life" and "Nirodh Vaapra" can't be far away.
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The_Goat · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 7:15 pm Post subject:

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ameya · Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:22 pm Post subject:

How about pilot announcing ?

Good morning ladies and gentlemen, I am able to fly this plane only because i used abc shaving gel

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amd_flyer · Member Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 156 Location: AMD

9W did break an ATR at IDR. One of the MLGs smashed through the boundary wall.

Could someone shed some light on the circumstances?