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Jet Airways' future clouded by new Virgin Atlantic and KLM routes

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James Chapple
24 May 2019

Talks to revive grounded Indian airline Jet Airways, which ceased all operations last month including its routes to London and Manchester, have reportedly stalled.

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India’s Business Standard reports Jet stakeholders, which include Etihad, Hinduja Group and State Bank of India (SBI), failed to make headway on a potential joint ownership agreement during a meeting at Etihad’s Abu Dhabi headquarters on Thursday (23 May).


Etihad owns a 24% stake in Jet, while SBI is understood to have picked up a controlling stake when its long-standing chairman Naresh Goyal stood down in March.


Hinduja Group, though, Indian newspaper Business Standard reports, is unwilling to take more than a 20% stake.


It remains unclear whether the talks will seek to revive all Jet Airways’ operations, or just its domestic network in India.