With the lenders rejecting an lifeline of ₹400 crore on April 17 Jet Airways, which has been on a wing and prayer since January, is left with no other option but to ground operations at least temporarily.
Since the March 25 resolution to infuse ₹1,500 crore into the airline is yet to fructify, the once leading airline has been defaulting on payments, forcing its lessors to retake almost all its planes and was operating just about six planes as of April 16.
An official announcement of grounding of operations is expected anytime now as the Jet Airways board had on April 16 authorised chief executive Vinay Dube to make one last appeal to the SBI-led consortium to get a life-line of ₹400 crore on April 17, before taking a final call on the future.
