Jet Airways was incorporated on April 1, 1992 as a private company
with limited liability under the Companies Act. We commenced
operations as an Air Taxi Operator on May 5, 1993 with a fleet of
four leased Boeing 737 aircraft. We were granted scheduled airline
status on January 14, 1995. Jet Airways became a deemed public
company on July 1, 1996. On January 19, 2001, Jet Airways was
reconverted into a private company. Jet Airways became a public
company on December 28, 2004.
At the time of incorporation of the Company, our shareholders were
Mr. P.V.V. Chalam and Mrs. Anita Goyal. These shares were transferred
to Tail Winds on May 12, 1994, and Mr. Naresh Goyal holds them on
behalf of Tail Winds in terms of an RBI approval letter No. EC.BY.CO
(S) 250/2251/TS/93/94 dated December 30, 1993.
Pursuant to an application dated March 12, 1993 made by our Company,
the FIPB by its letter No. 267/FC/93/NRI dated June 28, 1993 granted
its approval to the foreign collabouration proposal for investment in
Tail Winds in the proportion of 60% by Mr. Naresh Goyal, 20% by Gulf
Air and 20% by Kuwait Airways. Tail Winds in turn held 100% of the
Equity Share capital of our Company.
The MoCA by its letter dated April 17, 1997 directed the Company to
take steps for disinvestment of Equity Shares held, directly or
indirectly, by foreign airlines pursuant to the Government of India's
policy on foreign equity and NRI/OCB equity participation in the
domestic air transport services sector. Consequently, with effect
from October 15, 1997, Mr. Naresh Goyal acquired the 20% Equity
Shares from each of Gulf Air and Kuwait Airways, respectively, and
became the 100% owner of Tail Winds which is an NRI/OCB and currently
owns over 99.99% of our Equity Share capital.
We currently provide regular scheduled services to 42 destinations in
India and two destinations outside India, operating 1,924 flights
weekly. Our aircraft fleet has grown from four aircraft in 1993 to
currently 42 aircraft comprising 34 Boeing 737 aircraft and eight ATR
72-500 aircraft.
2004
-South African Airways ties up with Jet Airways
-Jet Airways inks pact with Hertz India to offer new services
-Jet Air announces launch of 'check fares' scheme
2005
-Jet Airways Limited has filed its draft Red Herring Prospectus with
the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to enter the
capital market with its initial public offering. The company will
offer 17,266,801 (1.72 crore shares) equity shares of Rs 10 each for
cash at a price to be decided through the book-building process. It
is learnt that the value of each share will be Rs 870. The IPO
proceeds will essentially be used to fund its international expansion
plans.
- The price band of Jet Airways' IPO has been fixed between Rs 950
and Rs 1,125. The issue opens for bids on February 18 and closes on
February 24. The total offer is for 1,72,66,801 equity shares of Rs
10 each for cash at a premium to be decided through a book-building
process
- Jet Airways IPO was subscribed 4.25 times on the first day of the
offer. At 7:50 pm, a total of 7.32 crore bids were received on the
first day. FIIs accounted for 69.93 per cent of the total issue and
mutual funds accounted for 28.69 per cent of the total. Insurance
companies accounted for 0.61 per cent of the total bids and FIs for
0.36 per cent.
-Jet Airways signs lease agreement with South African Airways
- Jet Airways launches its first inter-continental flight by linking
Mumbai with London Heathrow by a non-stop day flight here on May 23,
2005.
-Jet Airways executes purchase agreement with The Boeing Company,
USA
-Jet Airways introduce an Inflight Safety Manual in Braille
-Jet Airways signs pact with Gulf Air
-Jet Airways wins Avaya GlobalConnect Customer Responsiveness Award
2006
-Jet Airways has signed a special code sharing (SPA) agreement with
American Airlines, the world's largest carrier, for India-US
flights.
-Jet Airways signs contract with CAE for Boeing 777 & Airbus A330
simulators
-Jet Airways wins three Avion global Awards for In-flight
Entertainment
-Jet Airways to buy Sahara for 0 mn in cash
2007
- Jet Airways India Ltd has signed the Memorandum of Understanding
(MoU) with Lufthansa Technik AG, Germany for A330/B777 Component
Works, Personnel Assignment Services and Maintenance Management
Services.
- Jet Airways inks 8mn aircraft lease agreement.
-Jet Airways India Ltd announces the introduction of its first flight
from Chennai to Toronto, via its hub in Brussels.
-Jet Airways signs MoU with Lufthansa Technik AG, Germany
-Jet Airways wins Most Innovative Product Launch Award for its 'First
Class' Suites onboard its Boeing 777-300ER
2008
- Jet Airways has launched daily direct flights between Mumbai and
Bangkok with effect from May 14.This will be its third service to
Bangkok from the country, a press release stated. The air-carrier
already operates daily services to Bangkok from Delhi and Kolkata
respectively.
-Jet Airways India Ltd has appointed Ms. Monica Chopra as the Company
Secretary with effect from October 01, 2008.
- Jet Airways India Ltd has won the 2008 Galileo Express Travelworld
Best Domestic Full Service Airline Award for the sixth year in a row
-Jet Airways wins the Best Cargo Airline of Central Asia Award
-Jet Airways Wins the 2008 Galileo Express Traveworld 'Best Domestic
Full Service Airline' Award for the sixth year in a row
2009
-Jet Airways introduces Jet Airways Konnect a new All Economy
No-Frills services
2010
- IBM has inked a 10-year business transformation and information
technology (IT) services deal worth million with Jet Airways. |