New Delhi/Mumbai, March 23 -- Jet Airways has suspended 12 international flights even as it grapples with a reduced fleet strength, industry insiders said on Friday.

Sources said the airline has suspended operations to Hong Kong, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Dammam, Singapore, Manchester and Dhaka, among others, till April 30.

However, one service has been cancelled due to Pakistan airspace closure and not due to fleet truncation.

"Apart from suspensions, the airline has also reduced frequencies on some of the international routes. These suspensions and reduction in freqiuncies can be attributed to the fact that its fleet size has been trnucated," sources said.

On March 19, aviation regulator, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), sai...