Jet Airways gets new EoIs in fresh bidding round

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The UK-based Kalrock Capital, Hyderabad-based Turbo Aviation, Alpha Airways and Canadian citizen Siva Rasiah are among the 11 investors who have submitted expressions of interest in the beleagured airline Jet Airways. The deadline for submitting EoI was reported to end on Thursday.

The employees consortium and the South American based Synergy Group have also submitted their interest in the company.

This is the fourth attempt by the airline’s resolution professional to find a suitor for reviving the ailing company. Previously, South American conglomerate Synergy Group and New Delhi-based Prudent ARC were given time to submit a resolution plan but failed to meet the deadline.

“While we have received several interests this time, we are yet to confirm who will qualify for the second round,” said a person aware of the matter. “The timing of these bids is interesting as it comes at a time when the airline industry globally is going through the worst crisis. So we need to verify who are the serious players among them,” he added.

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The UK-based Kalrock Capital, Hyderabad-based Turbo Aviation, Alpha Airways and Canadian citizen Siva Rasiah are among the 11 investors who have submitted expressions of interest in the beleagured airline Jet Airways. The deadline for submitting EoI was reported to end on Thursday.

The employees consortium and the South American based Synergy Group have also submitted their interest in the company.

This is the fourth attempt by the airline’s resolution professional to find a suitor for reviving the ailing company. Previously, South American conglomerate Synergy Group and New Delhi-based Prudent ARC were given time to submit a resolution plan but failed to meet the deadline.

“While we have received several interests this time, we are yet to confirm who will qualify for the second round,” said a person aware of the matter. “The timing of these bids is interesting as it comes at a time when the airline industry globally is going through the worst crisis. So we need to verify who are the serious players among them,” he added.

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In March, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) had allowed 90 days’ extension for the corporate insolvency resolution process of the airline.

Despite its state of affairs, the grounded airline recently offered two of its Boeing 777 wide-body aircraft for evacuation operations of Indians stranded abroad under the Vande Bharat Mission.

Jet Airways could supply up to four aircraft for evacuation missions within a reasonable period of time, Ashish Chhawchharia, who was appointed as the resolution professional to carry out the insolvency process for the airline by lenders, wrote to corporate affairs secretary Injeti Srinivas. (Source: LiveMint)


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Manish Khandelwal
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Manish Khandelwal, a travel-tech enthusiast with over a decade of experience in the travel industry. Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Travelobiz.com, he's passionate about writing.

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