Statement by a Jet Airways spokesperson

The planned nationwide strike in Belgium on Monday, December 15, 2014 will directly affect flight operations in and out of Brussels airport (BRU). Jet Airways, like other airlines is constrained to cancel / reroute the following flights :

The following flights have been cancelled
  • 9W228 from Mumbai to Brussels and Brussels to Newark on December 15, 2014
  • 9W227 Newark to Brussels on December 14, 2014 and Brussels to Mumbai on December 15, 2014
The following flights are rerouted for a technical stop via Paris temporarily for that day
  • 9W230 from Delhi to Toronto on December 15, 2014 will operate via Paris
  • 9W229 Toronto to Delhi on December 15, 2014 will operate via Paris.

The airline is implementing measures to minimise passenger disruption, with guests being protected and re-accommodated on other flights.

Other options that are being offered to guests who have purchased tickets to travel to, from or via Brussels on December 15th, 2014 and who now wish to change their flight plans are as follows:

  • Guests have been offered first travel options on Jet Airways flights operating on earlier or later dates in the lowest available price band.
  • Guests can also postpone travel dates up to 10 days from the original travel date without any penalties.
  • If the options offered on Jet Airways operated flights are not acceptable to ourguests the next preferred option to be offered will be on Etihad Airways operated flights wherever possible.
  • Fees for passengers wishing to change their tickets are waived for this one instance only. Any subsequent changes will be subject to normal re-issue fees.
  • The airline is also providing refunds without cancellation penalties for fully unutilised tickets and for the unused portion of the partially utilised tickets.
  • If the original booking class is not available, passengers will be offered the option of booking the next available class while paying the fare difference.

If guests wish to travel on the original date of travel, the following options on other airlines can be offered:

  • Guests booked on Mumbai - Brussels can be rerouted to Paris (CDG). However, the airline will not provide any surface transport, nor compensation to guests from Brussels to Paris.
  • Similarly guests travelling to Newark can be rerouted to JFK on Etihad Airways, Air India, United Airways, Lufthansa or Emirates. However, no transportation nor any compensation will be provided from Newark to JFK

Guests are advised to visit www.jetairways.com ; or call the Jet Airways Contact Centre in the US at 1-877-uflyjet (1-877-835-9538), Belgium at 0808 101 1199 and India at +91 22 3989 33 33; or contact their travel agent for the latest details.

Jet Airways regrets any inconvenience caused to its guests and is doing everything possible to minimize the impact of this disruption, which is beyond our control.

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