Struggling for survival because of a severe cash crunch, Jet Airways has suspended its operations in the SAARC and Asean regions indefinitely, besides extending suspension of its services to Toronto and Paris from Chennai and back.

The airline has also cancelled its long-haul, west-bound operations to and from Amsterdam, London and Paris till April 16, Jet Airways said on Sunday.

Operating with 6-7 aircraft, Jet Airways had on Friday extended suspension of its services to these destinations till Monday.

“Jet Airways has currently suspended operations to the SAARC and Asean destinations, as well as to Toronto and Paris from Chennai and back,” Jet Airways said in a statement.

“The airline has also cancelled its long-haul, west bound operations to/from Amsterdam, London Heathrow, and Paris until April 16 (Tuesday),” it added.

According to available information, the airline has also stopped accepting bookings for its Mumbai-Paris flight till June 10. Further, it has closed reservations for its Mumbai-London, Mumbai-Amsterdam-Mumbai and Bangalore-Amsterdam flights, till April 18, according to the information.

Jet Airways confirmed stopping of bookings for these flights, saying the move was aimed at re-accommodating passengers because of interim cancellations.

“Jet Airways has restricted sales on certain routes for a few days in order to re-accommodate guests who have unfortunately been inconvenienced by interim cancellations,” the airline said.

Following complaints by passengers of lack of information on cancellation and non-receipt of refunds, civil aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola had on Friday said that the Centre had asked Jet Airways to inform passengers 48 hours in advance about flight cancellations and take their problems into consideration.

Pilots’ flip-flop

Jet Airways pilots’ body, the National Aviator’s Guild (NAG), on Sunday deferred its “no flying” call to a later date, particularly when the management is scheduled to meet the lenders on Monday.

Earlier in the day, the Guild, which has around 1,100 pilots as its members, decided to stop flying from April 15 in protest against non-payment of salaries since March.

“It has come to our notice that there is a critical meeting planned tomorrow (Monday) morning with the airline management and SBI. In light of the meeting, the members have requested that the call of ‘No Pay No Work’ be deferred to give the airline a chance of survival,” the Guild said.