Trouble for airline companies continues, as India largest airline by market share, Jet Airways has delayed payment of salary for the month of December. 

The worst hit are the pilots, engineers and senior management, who will receive their salaries on the 14th of January. The remaining employees will get their salaries by 7th of January. 

The airline informed the employees about this latest development via an official mail send out by the company's HR head. No reasons were mentioned in the mail as to why the salaries have been delayed as per a report in ET Now by Sameer Hashmi.

Typically Jet Airway's employees receive their salaries by the 4th or 5th of every month. ET NOW is in possession of the letter send out by the HR. 

After Kingfisher Airlines and Air India, Jet Airways is the latest to join the list of companies that have delay salaries. Earlier this week, the airline also slashed salaries of its trainee pilots, 

Jet Airways has close to 950 pilots and 12000 employees.