Indian Govt portal for jobless Jet staff |
The Indian government may not have extended financial support to the now ¬defunct airline Jet Airways, but it is making every possible effort to help in facilitating employment to job¬less airline staff. The Civil Aviation Ministry is in touch with other private airlines such as SpiceJet and IndiGo to assist Jet staff get meaningful employment. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Tuesday said that a website would be launched listing staff of Jet Airways and help find employment in other private entities. Addressing members of the Rajya Sabha on the Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India (Amendment) Bill, 2019, Puri said, "We are also producing a website which is ready. I wish I had the capacity of telling you that the website is up. Every employee would be listed there and the prospects for their reemployment or employment will be facilitated by the government.” Run out of cash, Jet Airways had suspended its entire operations on April 17. Subsequently, the government re¬allocated its slots and foreign traffic rights to rival carriers. Lenders to the airline led by State Bank of India (SBI) have initiated bankruptcy proceedings against it after all attempts to rope in a buyer failed. Before the airline suspended its operation, it had nearly 20,000 staff on its rolls. Several hundreds of them are learnt to have joined other carriers.
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