Written Answer to PQ on Jetstar Asia re-employment

NOTICE PAPER NO. 44 OF 2025 FOR SITTING ON OR AFTER 25 SEPTEMBER 2025
QUESTION NO. 369 FOR ORAL ANSWER

MP: Mr Dennis Tan Lip Fong

To ask 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.

Answer:

1. Following the announcement of Jetstar Asia’s closure in June 2025, NTUC’s Employment and Employability Institute (e2i) worked closely with Jetstar Asia, the Singapore Mercantile & Manual Workers’ Union, the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS), and SIA Group to organise a job matching exercise for affected employees.

2. 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 (UTAP) to help offset training costs while seeking new roles.