Buy Jet Airways and make it Mahindra Airways? What Anand Mahindra replied
Live MintNew Delhi: A Twitter user gave an interesting advice to Mahindra group chairman Anand Mahindra. The user under the name of Lalit Mathpal suggested the tycoon buy the debt-ridden Jet Airways and name it Mahindra Airways. He has 7.03 million followers on Twitter The downfall of Jet Airways illustrates the challenge of making money in India's aviation sector, dominated by low-cost carriers such as IndiGo and SpiceJet. Last month, the Mumbai bench of the National Company Law Tribunal admitted an insolvency petition against Jet Airways and directed the resolution professional for the airline to try to finish the process within three months. On Friday, Jet Airways Employee Consortium and AdiGroup said they would jointly bid for acquiring up to 75% stake in Jet Airways through the NCLT process.