As Jet Airways’ founder and chairman Naresh Goyal and his wife stepped down from the board of the company, rival airline SpiceJet’s boss Ajay Singh on Monday called it a ‘sad day for Indian aviation’. Low-cost carriers SpiceJet and Indigo, are widely regarded as part of the reason behind Jet Airways’ fall.
“We urgently need to address structural challenges that make India’s airlines uncompetitive to airlines around the world,” SpiceJet co-founder Ajay Singh said after the news of Naresh Goyal’s exit from the airline he founded 25 years back was confirmed.
He also added that Naresh and Anita Goyal had made India proud by launching a truly world class airline, Reuters cited him as saying. Ajay Singh also said that this is a wake-up call for Indian policymakers.
