The consortium had said on December 17 last year that Jet Airways 2.0 plans to start domestic operations as a full-service carrier in 2022 at the earliest.
Jet Airways has said that its VP-Operations, Sudhir Gaur, who was named as the ‘Accountable Manager’ of the airline, has left the company.
The grounded airline, which is expected to resume operations this year under its new promoters Murari Lal Jalan-Kalrock consortium, clarified in a regulatory filing that Gaur was not the interim CEO of the company.
It also said that the Monitoring Committee in its meeting held on January 5 has given its “in-principle approval” for the nomination of Priyapal Singh as the new ‘Accountable Manager’ of the company.
Jet Airways ceased operations in April 2019.
“Sudhir Gaur is not the ‘Interim CEO’ of the company as reported by some news agencies. Gaur, who had recently resigned from the company, was in July 2021 serving as VP-Operations and is ‘accountable’ of the company. Manager’ for the purposes of requirements under civil aviation laws and regulations),” Jet Airways said in the filing.
It added that the day-to-day operations and management of the company is being carried out by a monitoring committee constituted under the resolution plan approved by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).
“Due to the vacancy of the post of Accountable Manager of Sudhir Gaur, the Monitoring Committee in its meeting held today (January 5, 2022) has given in-principle approval for nomination of Priyapal Singh as the new Accountable Manager of the Company.” Said, with the addition of Jet Airways, its CEO has not been appointed yet.
On June 22 last year, the NCLT had approved the consortium’s resolution plan for the defunct Jet Airways, subject to certain conditions.
A seven-member monitoring committee has also been constituted to manage the day-to-day affairs of Jet Airways till the completion of the insolvency resolution process.
The consortium had said on December 17 last year that Jet Airways 2.0 plans to start domestic operations as a full-service carrier in 2022 at the earliest.
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