Jet Airways and Etihad have agreed upon an interim financing plan, according to which Etihad will put in Rs 750 cr, and a matching amount will be provided by the Jet lenders
Jet has delayed payments to its pilots, suppliers and lessors for months and defaulted on loans after racking up more than $1 billion in debt
According to the draft resolution plan submitted to the lenders led by the lead lender SBI, Etihad will bring in around Rs 1,800 crore as fresh equity and increases its stake to 24.9%
Two lessors have applied to the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), India's aviation regulator, to deregister at least five planes leased to Jet Airways.
India's second-largest carrier, grappling with debt of more than $1 billion, Jet has delayed payments to banks, lessors, vendors and staff
The bank-led interim financing plan envisaged an infusion of Rs 4,000 crore by stakeholders
The Jet Airways' resolution plan has to be put to work this month itself
Any emergency funding to Jet Airways will be part of the resolution package
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The airline has, however, not given the specific numbers of flights it has been cancelling every day due to the grounding of these planes
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If the fight had been handled differently, the fall need not have happened
The airline has raised foreign currency term loans worth Rs 11 billion and a non-fund based credit facility of Rs 9.50 billion from PNB, according to copies of loan documents reviewed by Indian daily
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The grounding of nearly one-quarter of the Jet Airways' fleet has led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights
The airline has been told to ensure that passengers do not suffer because of flight cancellations, says official of Directorate General of Civil Aviation.
With the grounding of two more planes, almost 20 per cent of aircraft in the airlines fleet are now out of operations
In return, the airline reimburses the amount to other carriers on a fortnightly basis at a pre-agreed rate
Aircraft lessors have been supportive of the company's efforts in this regard, it said.
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