Kingfisher poaches Jet stars

There is a new war for talent brewing in the aviation industry with seasoned market player Jet Airways witnessing an exodus of its senior executives. And the buzz is that these executives are being poached by rival Kingfisher Airlines.
At least five top-level officials of Jet Airways put in their papers on Wednesday and a few more are likely to resign, according to industry sources who did not wish to be named. Out of the five, three are joining Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines.
The three who have resigned include V Raja, General Manager (operations), South East Asia, and Nandini Verma, vice-president corporate communications. These executives are joining Kingfisher shortly.
Jet Airways executive director S K Dutta could not confirm all the resignations but said a few people had decided to leave.
According to unconfirmed reports, the head of training, Michel Chang and senior general manager Vijay Sethi have also resigned. But Jet officials could not confirm this.
04/04/07 Lalatendu Mishra/Hindustan Times

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Categories: Jet Airways Apr 2007, Kingfisher Apr 2007