Debated in Parliament on 25 Sep 2025.
Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong asked the Minister for Manpower in respect of the closure of Jetstar Asia operations at Changi Airport (a) to date, how many of the 500 employees of Singapore-based Jetstar Asia have found re-employment; and (b) of those who have not done so, what are the difficulties faced in finding re-employment.
Following the announcement of Jetstar Asia's closure in June 2025, the National Trades Union Congress' Employment and Employability Institute worked closely with Jetstar Asia, the Singapore Mercantile & Manual Workers' Union, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and Singapore Airlines Group to organise a job matching exercise for affected employees.
The Ministry of Manpower does not track nor require companies to report re-employment rates for such job matching exercises. We understand that, as of 9 September 2025, around 90% of former Jetstar Asia flight crew have either found new jobs or landed job interviews following the exercise. For the remaining workers, we understand that the union had encouraged them to apply for temporary financial assistance under the SkillsFuture Jobseeker Support scheme and advised members to use the Union Training Assistance Programme to help offset training costs while seeking new roles.
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