Less than 15 Jet Airways aircraft operational, says aviation secretary

New Delhi: Less than 15 aircraft of Jet Airways were currently operational, civil aviation secretary P.S. Kharola said on Wednesday. The SBI-led consortium of lenders had taken over the management of the cash-hit Jet Airways last month.

Asked about the active fleet of the beleaguered airline, Kharola said “yesterday, it was 28”. On the airline informing stock exchanges on Tuesday evening about the grounding of 15 more aircraft, Kharola said the current fleet “would be less than about 15”.

The airline currently has around 119 aircraft in its fleet.