Mumbai, April 17 (IANS): Jet Airways will temporarily suspend all flight operations from Wednesday night as it failed to secure an interim funding of Rs 400 crore for maintaining bare minimum operations, sources said on Wednesday, April 17.
Reports claimed that the lenders have rejected its appeal for emergency funds worth Rs 400 crore to stay afloat. Hence the government has decided not to meddle in the carrier's affairs and let the lenders take a call.
According to the latest reports, Jet Airways’ last flight will take to the skies at 10.30 pm On Wednesday. It is said that Jet Airways CEO Vinay Dube had been authorised by the board in its meeting Tuesday to take the final call on shutting operations after making a final appeal to lenders for immediate fund infusion as it starved of working capital.
The airline, which has a huge debt pile on its books, is in the midst of a stake sale process with bids being scrutinised for the final round. Its fleet is reduced to just five aircrafts and it has suspended its international operations.
The 25-year-old airline has a debt burden of more than Rs 8,000 crore. SBI Capital Markets has the mandate for Jet Airways sale on behalf of the SBI-led consortium of the domestic lenders to the debt-ridden private carrier.