Following the suspension of cash-strapped Jet Airways flight operations, SpiceJet Managing Director and Chairman Ajay Singh Friday said that the airline is giving first to those who have lost their jobs due to the closure of Jet Airways. We have already provided jobs to more than 100 pilots, more than 200 cabin crew and more than 200 technical and airport staff." Apart from SpiceJet, Air India is also planning to include Jet Airways planes to its fleet. Jet Airways shares plunged over 27% on Thursday over doubts whether the grounded Indian airline will fly again. At 12:30 pm, Jet shares were trading 27.06% down at Rs 176.40 each.

Source: dna April 19, 2019 14:15 UTC