Saroj Datta, 5 other Jet executives resign

Mumbai: At least half a dozen key executives at Jet Airways (India) Ltd, including the airline’s well regarded executive director Saroj K. Datta, are said to be quitting the carrier, India’s largest airline by passengers.
The surprise resignations come at a time when Jet Airways is sharply expanding its international operations and is set to report a turnaround at its low-cost airline unit, JetLite, the former Air Sahara business, later this year.
According to a person close to the matter who did not want to be named, Datta as well as N. Hariharan, vice-president (office of the chairman); B. Krishnan, senior general manager (finance); Col (retd) A. S. Bedi, general manager (security); S. Bandula, senior general manager (in-flight services) and Poh Leong Choo, senior vice-president (services), have submitted their resignations.
While the six resignations were confirmed by two other people with knowledge of the developments, it wasn’t immediately clear how Jet’s management is dealing with them individually. These same people also note that the resignations —over the last three weeks— appear unrelated.
Late Tuesday, Mint couldn’t immediately reach the executives who are said to have resigned for comment. Datta, a long-serving lieutenant to Jet Airways chairman Naresh Goyal, did not respond to calls made to his cellphone. Goyal, whose office said he was travelling to London, was also not available for comment.
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