"Leaving a place you worked for 20 years is painful. It is painful to leave those colleagues with whom I have been working many years. Even the thought of not seeing the place where you have been for so many years is painful."
Datta, with over 40 years of experience in the aviation space in India and abroad, was the executive director of Jet Airways since March 1993.
After competing his Masters in economics from Delhi University, he joined Air India in 1962 and then served as the deputy director (planning and international relations) of Air India from 1977.
In 1987, he left Air India to join Kuwait Airways in a senior position.
Datta did not reveal why he decided to step down, but denied reports that he was not keeping well.
"My health issues have all been created by you guys (journalists). Who does not
Image: Saroj Datta
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