<p class="title">Beleaguered carrierJet Airways has grounded two more of its aircraft due to non-payment of lease rentals, taking the total number of planes on the ground to 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the grounding of two more planes, almost 20 per cent of aircraft in the airlines fleet are now out of operations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"An additional two aircraft have been grounded due to non-payment of amounts outstanding to lessors under their respective lease agreements," the airline said in a filing to the stock exchanges on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also said that it is actively "engaged" with all its aircraft lessors and regularly provides them with updates on the efforts undertaken to improve its liquidity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company said it was making all efforts to minimise disruption to its network due to the grounding of these planes and was pro-actively informing and re-accommodating its affected guests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The airline also continues to provide the required and periodic updates to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in this regard, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After announcing the grounding of four of its planes on February 7 for non-payment to lessors, the airline took another two aircraft out of operations due to similar reasons on February 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On February 27 and 28, Jet Airways grounded seven and six aircraft, respectively, due to the non-payment of lease rentals.<br /><br />Later, two aircraft were grounded on Friday and as many on Saturday, taking the total number of planes out of operations to 23. </p>
<p class="title">Beleaguered carrierJet Airways has grounded two more of its aircraft due to non-payment of lease rentals, taking the total number of planes on the ground to 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">With the grounding of two more planes, almost 20 per cent of aircraft in the airlines fleet are now out of operations.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"An additional two aircraft have been grounded due to non-payment of amounts outstanding to lessors under their respective lease agreements," the airline said in a filing to the stock exchanges on Saturday.</p>.<p class="bodytext">It also said that it is actively "engaged" with all its aircraft lessors and regularly provides them with updates on the efforts undertaken to improve its liquidity.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The company said it was making all efforts to minimise disruption to its network due to the grounding of these planes and was pro-actively informing and re-accommodating its affected guests.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The airline also continues to provide the required and periodic updates to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in this regard, it added.</p>.<p class="bodytext">After announcing the grounding of four of its planes on February 7 for non-payment to lessors, the airline took another two aircraft out of operations due to similar reasons on February 23.</p>.<p class="bodytext">On February 27 and 28, Jet Airways grounded seven and six aircraft, respectively, due to the non-payment of lease rentals.<br /><br />Later, two aircraft were grounded on Friday and as many on Saturday, taking the total number of planes out of operations to 23. </p>