SBI Caps extends bid deadline till tomorrow to give room to more potential buyers; airline's board to meet today
Of the 14 aircraft, eight are wide-body planes generally used for long-haul international operations
Jet's ousted chairman has successfully transferred the headache of reviving his airline to SBI and the government
The airline has grounded more than three-fourths of its fleet due to non-payment of lessors' rentals and is operating just about 25 planes out of its 123 earlier
During the last few weeks, Jet Airways has been grounding its aircraft in tranches due to non-payment of dues to its lessors
Earlier in the day, SBI Capital Markets issued a set of clarifications related to the EoI document, including that bidders in a consortium need to furnish solvency certificates individually
The airline also faced the ignominy of losing one of its planes to a European cargo agent who seized one of its wide-body planes at the Amsterdam airport for payment related issues
Jet Airways is grappling with acute financial crunch and the SBI-led consortium of domestic lenders are implementing a debt resolution plan
The pilots, via their counsel, claimed that despite raising the issue time and again with the management, the schedule of payment is getting delayed each time
The loss of aircraft and friction with lessors is just the latest major setback for Jet, which has been struggling for years, beset by an insurgent group of low-cost Indian competitors.
Jet Airways owns over 16 aircraft of its 119 fleet. This includes 10 Boeing 777, three 737, and three A330
Jet Airways pilots along with engineers and senior executives have not been paid for the last three months
Jet Airways failed to make a payment on March 19 on account of "temporary liquidity constraints', said the Etihad-linked entity
Lenders' consortium, led by State Bank of India, has gone all out to work out a resolution plan for Jet despite several legal hurdles
Bid document does not consider debt-equity conversion, issue of shares to banks
A strategic bidder should have a net worth of at least Rs 1,000 crore ($144 million) in the preceding financial year, or at least
Accordingly, the last date for submission of the bids, which was April 9 earlier, is also likely to be extended by a day to April 10, he said.
If Jet does not survive, the lenders will lose money but gain experience of how to deal with a defaulter airline and not repeat the Kingfisher mistake
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Earlier in the day, Jet Airways faced operational disruptions across major airports when IOC refused to refuel its planes without clearing the outstanding amount