{"id":3820,"date":"2019-02-21T10:44:58","date_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:44:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3820"},"modified":"2019-02-21T10:45:05","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T16:45:05","slug":"indias-jet-airways-recovery-still-on-shaky-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=3820","title":{"rendered":"India&#8217;s Jet Airways Recovery Still On Shaky ground"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Feb\n 21 (Reuters) &#8211; India&#8217;s Jet Airways Ltd has approved a rescue deal by \nthe lenders of the carrier reeling under a net debt of 72.99 billion \nrupees ($1.02 billion), but doubts linger over whether the bailout would\n help it clear dues on time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The resolution plan will make Jet&#8217;s lenders its largest shareholders and fix a near 85 billion rupee funding gap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jet has been steadily losing market share to its rival and low-cost carrier IndiGo, which is owned by InterGlobe Aviation Ltd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airline has also seen its share price suffer as it navigated through several negotiations with its lenders and shareholders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For an interactive graphic on the airline&#8217;s market value, click <a href=\"https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/2V2ef8x\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tmsnrt.rs\/2V2ef8x<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jet\n takes the resolution plan to its shareholders on Thursday, where it \nwill seek their approval to convert debt into 114 million shares.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some major developments in Jet&#8217;s story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug  3 \u2013 Jet denies report that it cannot fly beyond 60 days, and dismisses  conjecture of stake sale<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 9 \u2013 Airline defers board meet for  first-quarter results<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 11 \u2013 After State Bank of India chairman says  Jet&#8217;s loan is on the bank&#8217;s watch list, Jet says it is regular in  payment obligations to all banks<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 20 &#8211; Sources tell Reuters that  private equity firm TPG Capital is considering investing in Jet, but is  not close to finalising a deal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aug 27 \u2013 Jet posts loss for the  June-quarter, says it will inject funds and cut costs by more than 20  billion rupees in two years<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sept 6 \u2013 Jet says it paid salaries to 84  percent of its employees after reports emerge that pilots warned  &#8216;non-cooperation&#8217; over salary default<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct 4 \u2013 Rating agency ICRA  downgrades <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icra.in\/Rationale\/ShowRationaleReport\/?Id=73861\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.icra.in\/Rationale\/ShowRationaleReport\/?Id=73861<\/a>  the company&#8217;s long term loans and NCDs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct 18 \u2013 Report says Indian  conglomerate Tata Group is in talks to buy stake in Jet. Jet calls  report &#8220;speculative&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Oct 30 &#8211; U.S.-based Delta Air Lines Inc expresses  interest to buy Jet stake from promoter Naresh Goyal and Etihad Airways <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 5 \u2013 Report says Tata aims to buy the 51 percent stake in the airline  owned by Naresh Goyal, and Etihad Airways&#8217; 24 percent stake, and merge  Jet with Vistara<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 12 \u2013 Jet posts third straight quarterly loss<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 13  \u2013 Tata Sons begins due diligence to buy Jet, reports say<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 15 \u2013  Shares surge nearly 25 percent following reports that the debt-laden  airline was nearing a rescue deal with Tata Sons; another report says  the Indian government asked Tata to explore buying Jet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 16 \u2013 Tata  Sons says discussions on Jet is preliminary and no proposal has been made<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nov 22 &#8211; Independent director Ranjan Mathai resigns, citing rising  pressure from other commitments<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec 3 &#8211; Jet says it will stop providing  free meals to most domestic economy class passengers from January<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec 5 &#8211; Jet and Etihad Airways have been holding rescue talks with Jet&#8217;s  bankers, sources tell Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec 6 &#8211; Jet tells its pilot union it will  clear all salary dues by April, a source tells Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec 7 &#8211; ICRA cuts  <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.icra.in\/Rationale\/ShowRationaleReport\/?Id=75657\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.icra.in\/Rationale\/ShowRationaleReport\/?Id=75657<\/a>  Jet rating yet again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dec 14 &#8211; Goyal&#8217;s penchant for control has come up as a major obstacle as the airline tries to negotiate a rescue deal, several people who have worked closely with him or known him over the years tell Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 2, 2019 &#8211; The airline says it has delayed payment to a consortium of Indian banks, led by SBI; ICRA cuts rating again<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 10 &#8211; Jet proposes to creditors that it will catch up with debt payments in arrears by September, and from April will meet debt payments as they come due, according to a document seen by Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 11 &#8211; Some aircraft lessors were prompted to explore taking back aircraft from Jet, people familiar with the matter told Reuters. Etihad is not &#8220;in any position to sink new equity into Jet at this juncture&#8221;, says a person familiar with Etihad&#8217;s position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 14 &#8211; Report states Goyal is likely to step down from the board and give up majority control<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 16 &#8211; TV channel reports that Etihad offered to buy Jet shares at a 49 percent discount and immediately release $35 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 17 &#8211; Top creditor SBI says Jet&#8217;s lenders are considering a plan to resolve its debt issues, amid further reports that Goyal is willing to invest 7 billion rupees in the airline and pledge all his shares but wants to retain a 25 percent stake.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 24 &#8211; India capital markets regulator says it has no &#8220;view&#8221; on relaxing norms for a Jet bailout<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 25 &#8211; Etihad appoints Alvarez &amp; Marsal to conduct due diligence on Jet, sources tell Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jan 30 &#8211; Jet denies its aircraft had been grounded by GE Capital Aviation Services<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 1 &#8211; Jet agrees to most conditions set by Etihad Airways for a lifeline, a report says<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 8 &#8211; Airline grounds four aircraft after failing to make payments to lessors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 14 &#8211; Jet&#8217;s board approves a rescue deal which will make its lenders its largest shareholders and fix a near 85 billion rupee funding gap<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 15 &#8211; Jet is seeking an $840 million bailout from shareholders and a state-backed fund, Business Television India reports<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feb 21 &#8211; International lessors have grounded more Jet Airways planes prior to potentially moving them out of India, as scepticism builds whether a state-led bailout of the carrier can clear their dues on time, sources tell Reuters<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>($1 = 71.2325 Indian rupees)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Compiled by Arnab Paul and Chris Thomas in Bengaluru; Editing by Subhranshu Sahu and Rashmi Aich)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jet-Airways.jpg?fit=640%2C426\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3823\" width=\"609\" height=\"405\" srcset=\"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jet-Airways.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jet-Airways-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Jet-Airways-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 609px) 100vw, 609px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India&#8217;s Jet Airways Ltd has approved a rescue deal by the lenders of the carrier reeling under a net debt of 72.99 billion rupees ($1.02 billion), but doubts linger over whether the bailout would help it clear dues on time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[797,89,2203,1397,868,1103],"tags":[539,464,625,160,887,2390,1925,447,2495,246,442,337,2990,745,805,710,743,589,3502,3142,1493,540,2993,2991,412,2992,3017,1288,987,2268,3503,1634,1491,2989,1301],"class_list":["post-3820","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airline-news","category-aviation-news","category-finance-news","category-stock-news","category-transportation-news","category-travel-news","tag-air","tag-aircraft","tag-airways","tag-aviation","tag-bank","tag-capital","tag-carrier","tag-deal","tag-debt","tag-delta","tag-etihad","tag-ge","tag-goyal","tag-group","tag-india","tag-indigo","tag-interglobe","tag-jet","tag-lenders","tag-lessors","tag-limited","tag-lines","tag-mathai","tag-naresh","tag-news","tag-ranjan","tag-rescue","tag-reuters","tag-services","tag-shareholder","tag-sons","tag-state","tag-tata","tag-tpg","tag-vistara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3820"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3824,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3820\/revisions\/3824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3820"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3820"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3820"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}