With compliant lenders as co-pilots, Jet Airways’ descent was a foregone conclusion. The pity is that the inevitable was delayed for so long that much of its market value has been wiped out
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Distressed airline Jet Airways finally halted its entire operations from Wednesday night after failing to get emergency funds from lenders. In a discussion with Mint's Shrija Agrawal, experts discuss what went wrong at Jet Airways and the way forward. According to Jitendra Bhargava, aviation expert and former executive director at Air India, there were enough alarm bells ringing and the promoter-founder Naresh Goyal chose to ignore them. On the other hand, Manish Agarwal posited that airlines sector in India still remains one of the fastest growing and that there will be efficient and inefficient players.
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