Not interested in Jet Airways, says Anil Agarwal

On Sunday, the mining baron's investment company, Volcan Investment, had submitted an expression of interest in buying Jet Airways.

August 12, 2019 05:47 pm | Updated 05:50 pm IST - Mumbai

New Delhi, 13/04/2019.  Jet Airways aircraft seen parked at theI Airport as the Employees of the Jet Airways were demonstrating demanding to Save Jet Airways from the financial Problems at the IGI Terminal 3 Airport in New Delhi on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Photo by R V Moorthy /The Hindu

New Delhi, 13/04/2019. Jet Airways aircraft seen parked at theI Airport as the Employees of the Jet Airways were demonstrating demanding to Save Jet Airways from the financial Problems at the IGI Terminal 3 Airport in New Delhi on Saturday, April 13, 2019. Photo by R V Moorthy /The Hindu

A day after publicly announcing his interest in the grounded Jet Airways, mining baron Anil Agarwal on Monday said he was no longer interested in pursuing the same.

On Sunday, Mr. Agarwal’s investment company, Volcan Investment, had submitted an expression of interest in buying Jet Airways.

But on Monday, in a statement, Mr. Agarwal said, “the EoI for Jet Airways by Volcan was exploratory in nature. On further evaluation and considering other priorities, we intend to not pursue this further.”

It had submitted an EoI for Jet as it wanted to understand the business scenario for the company and the industry, the statement added.

The move leaves just two unnamed financial investors in the fray for the limited assets of the airline which stopped flying mid-April and is currently facing insolvency proceedings.

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