Acquittal, asking for benefit of the doubt will be focus of appeal: Birju Salla’s lawyer read more

The court of special NIA judge K M Dave said the fine amount submitted by the convict, businessman Birju Salla, will be distributed among the crew members and passengers on board the affected plane. read more

Middle Eastern carrier Etihad, which owns about 24% stake in Jet, had submitted a bid for the Indian airline last month, while family-run Hinduja Group was said to be considering putting in an offer. read more

Jet Air Pvt Ltd, a company controlled by Goyal, wanted the now defunct carrier to vacate its office premises at Yusuf Sarai in Delhi and another one in Gurugram citing expiry of pact and non-payment of license fee. read more

With international airfares spiking by up to 36% Jet’s former partners, Virgin Atlantic and Delta Air Lines Inc, have been among the first to announce new Indian routes to replace ones previously flown by Jet. read more

Dube had resigned from the services of the company with immediate effect from May 14 due to personal reasons. read more

In April, the air passenger traffic declined (-) 4.50 per cent to 1.09 crore in April from 1.15 crore reported for the corresponding month of the previous fiscal. read more

Naresh Goyal could not be reached for comments. Response to a query sent to Emirates was also awaited. read more

The foreign carrier is looking at hiring around 300-400 pilots for flying its wide-body airplanes such as the B777-300s read more

The Jet Airways owes the AAI approximately Rs 15 lakh in rentals for the premises it occupied at Patna’s Jai Prakash Narayan International airport here, said officials of the AAI. read more

The blockade on Qatar and withdrawal of 28 weekly between Doha and cities of New Delhi and Mumbai has increased the pressure on available seat capacity in Qatar-India routes, the airline said Thursday. read more

A civil aviation ministry official said on condition of anonymity that bilateral agreements between two countries would have to be amended to increase the number of flights and that a call cannot be taken at a short notice. read more

Vinay Dube, chief executive officer (CEO), and Amit Agarwal, deputy CEO and chief financial officer, put in their papers, adding to the growing list of top-level exits at the Mumbai-based carrier. read more

The debt-strapped company said CEO Vinay Dube and CFO Amit Agarwal resigned due to personal reasons, without providing further details. read more

Jet Airways seized operations temporarily around mid- April due to acute liquidity crisis. Most of the airline’s board members have also quit in the last one month. read more