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What happened with Jet Airways?

The bank had filed a complaint in May against the airline, Goyal, his wife and a former airline director for causing wrongful loss to the lender. Goyal founded Jet Airways in 1992 but shut down operations in April 2019 after running out of cash. The airline was the second largest carrier in India by market share.



Jet Airways, once India's largest premier private airline, has had a turbulent history that culminated in a formal liquidation order by the Supreme Court of India in late 2024. After permanently ceasing operations in April 2019 due to a severe cash crunch and mounting debts of over ₹7,500 crore, the airline entered a long and complex insolvency process. In 2021, a revival plan by the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium (JKC) was approved by the National Company Law Tribunal, sparking hope that the airline would return to the skies. However, for the next three years, the consortium and the airline's lenders were locked in a bitter legal battle over the infusion of funds and the fulfillment of "condition precedents." By March 2026, the revival efforts have officially ended; the court ruled that the plan was no longer viable. The airline's remaining assets, including its iconic Boeing 777 aircraft that were parked at Mumbai airport for years, are being sold off to repay lenders and former employees. The "Jet Airways" brand, once a symbol of Indian luxury aviation, has now effectively ceased to exist as a corporate entity.

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The new promoters are determined to re-establish the operations of the airline up and running in 2024, a statement from the airline said. Jet Airways has not flown since April 2019, after running out of day-to-day cash and subsequently filing for insolvency.

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The consortium's strategy to revive the airline remains unaltered. The new promoters are determined to re-establish the operations of the airline up and running in 2024. Further announcements regarding the launch date of Jet Airways will now be made in the coming weeks, the release added.

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Florian Fritsch, owner of investment company Kalrock Capital, has teamed up with UAE-based non-resident Indian Murari Lal Jalan to buy and relaunch Jet Airways.

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