Jet Airways and Jet Airways Konnect on Saturday announced 50 per cent discount in fares for five days from Monday after Jet management and its pilot union NAG reached settlement in Mumbai.
“With these new low, limited-time fares, we hope to welcome travelers back abroad Jet Airways and Jet Airways Connects extensive domestic services, which cover the length and breadth of the country between them,” said Jet Airways CEO Wolfgang Prock-Schauer.
Jet Airways Pilots, who were on protest leave, resumed their duties on Sunday after management agreed to take back four sacked pilots. A consultative group from the two sides would be set up to resolve issues through continues dialogue.
Jet Chairman Naresh Goyal met over 170 pilots at a five-star hotel in a western suburb for about 45 minutes and said he was happy the “misunderstanding was over and the family was united.” The meeting followed an open letter to “colleagues and friends “requesting they “forgive, forget and put behind the past behind you fully and finally.”
As many as 140 flights,incuding 10 on international routes, remained cancelled on Sunday, a company spokesperson said, noting that 98 pilots has reported fit for work this morning.
Jet Airways Chief commercial officer sudheer Raghavan told reporters in Mumbai that normal services of the private airline were expected to be restored by Tuesday.
Nearly 500 pilots, who reported “sick” for the last five days, decided to resume their duties after the agreements .
On the status of the National Aviators Guild, which had become the bone of contention between the management and the airlines pilots Jet executive Director Saroj Dutta said there was “no requirement of a union” when the pilots and the management are working together.
Guild president Captain Girish Kaushik said the law of the land would take its course with respect to NAG.
On the losses incurred due to the stir, Dutta said prior to disruption in services, the airlines revenue used to be around USD eight million a day. On the losses suffered by the air carrier due to the stir.Dutta said,” “We saved some on variable costs in our operating costs such as fuel. Landing charges, etc.So there were mutual cost saved.”
As part of the agreement, a consultative group/body is to be put in place which would have at least two directors from the Board of Jet Airways, the chief executive officer, two representatives from flights operations and five pilots.
It was also agreed that the management and the pilots would jointly appear before the conciliation offer on Monday and inform him of developments and inform him that a consultative mechanism has now been put in place.
The management would also inform the conciliation officer that once the pilots report to work and normalacy in operations is restored it would withdraw the writ pertition in the Mumbai High Court and no action would be taken against the pilots arising out of the present situation.
The airlines has started booking of seats for Sunday flights since this morning as passengers trickled in following an end to stir.
Jet’s ticketing counter at Delhi’s IGI airport, which wore a deserted look for the last five days , saw some anxious passengers enquiring about the status of flights.
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