Jet reschedules European, American ops on Belgium strike

Mumbai: Jet Airways today said that it has decided to reschedule its operations from and out of Europe and North America, besides shifting operations to Amsterdam from Brussels, its European hub, on Sunday and Monday due to the strike call by Belgians on January 30. Accordingly, flight timings from the country to the European and US and Canadian destinations will be impacted, the country's largest airline said in a statement. The Belgians are striking on Monday to protest against their government's austerity measures, which include stricter retirement norms and cut back on unemployment benefits. "As per the revised schedule, flight 9W 229 from Toronto will depart on January 29 at 2140 hrs local time and arrive at Amsterdam at 1100 hrs local time the next day and depart for Delhi at 1300 hrs local time arriving at 0110 hrs on January 31 local time," Jet said. Jet's flight 9W 227 from New Jersey on January 29 will depart at 2140 hrs local time and arrive in Amsterdam at 1100 hrs hrs local time the next day. It will depart at 1300 hrs local time and arrive in Mumbai at 0220 hrs local time on January 31, the statement said.
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