Sanjiv Kapoor, former Jet CEO designate joins Saudia airline
Sanjiv Kapoor, the former CEO-designate of grounded carrier Jet Airways has joined Jeddah-based Saudi national airline Saudia as advisor to its Director General Ibrahim Al-Omar. Kapoor confirmed his appointment, but didn’t elaborate.
Kapoor joins it at a time when the airline, out of its Covid woes, has major expansion plans in line with the nation’s ambitions of infrastructure expansion. In March this year, Saudia said it would buy 39 wide-bodied 787 Dreamliner planes from Boeing, while its peer new national carrier Riyadh Air that is currently being set up, ordered the same number.
Kapoor was appointed CEO-designate of Jet by the Kalrock Jalan Consortium that won the bid to run the airline after two years of insolvency proceedings at India’s bankruptcy court.
