British entrepreneur with no operations claims to have bid for Jet

Even as the government is doing its bit to allay apprehensions of the four bidders short-listed by the lenders to take over the grounded Jet Airways, a fifth — self-proclaimed — bidder, with no airline operations so far, suddenly emerged on Wednesday with no clarity about its eligibility.

An unknown British entrepreneur took to Twitter proclaiming his interest in taking control of Jet Airways and claiming to have submitted a revival proposal to State Bank of India (SBI) on Wednesday. On its part, Jet Airways said that it has advised Unsworth to formally engage with SBI Caps, which is running the bidding process, according to a filing.

Jet Airways had received an unsolicited e-mail communication from the British entrepreneur, it said in a filing to the BSE. “… the sender has been advised to formally engage with SBI Caps, which is leading the bidding process under the resolution plan initiated by a consortium of domestic lenders led by State Bank of India,” it noted.