Sanjiv Kapoor is back in aviation. This time as the CEO of Jet Airways 2.0

Sanjiv Kapoor has previously worked with SpiceJet, Vistara

Sanjiv Kapoor has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Jet Airways 2.0. He has previously served as the chief strategy and commercial officer at Vistara, and the chief operating officer (COO) at SpiceJet.

Sanjiv Kapoor has previously worked with SpiceJet, Vistara

Sanjiv Kapoor has been appointed as the new chief executive officer (CEO) of Jet Airways 2.0. He has previously served as the chief strategy and commercial officer at Vistara, and the chief operating officer (COO) at SpiceJet.

He is currently the president of Oberoi Hotels

Sanjiv Kapoor is currently the president of the Oberoi Hotels and Resorts group. He will take over his new role from April 4, 2022.

Back to the skies

“I am looking forward to getting back to aviation, an industry I am passionate about, with Jet Airways, one of the warmest, classiest and most loved brands to have graced Indian aviation,” Sanjeev Kapoor said.

Here’s how he started

Kapoor started his aviation career with Northwest Airlines, which is now merged with Delta, in the United States in 1997. He worked in the finance and corporate planning vertical there before joining Bain and Company in 2004.

High hopes

“I am certain he will be able to lead Jet Airways and make it become the most preferred full-service carrier of India/Sanjiv [Kapoor] is a seasoned aviation professional,” Murari Lal Jalan, lead partner of the Jalan-Kalrock consortium and proposed non-executive chairperson of Jet Airways, said.

Jet Airways shut down three years ago

It is important to note that Jet Airways has been out of operations for the last three years since April 17, 2019 due to mounting debts and the inability of the promoters — Naresh Goyal and Etihad Airways — to put more capital in the company.

The reopening of Jet Airways was cleared last year

The government wasn’t too excited about it earlier

In March 2021, the ministry of civil aviation was unwilling to hand over Jet Airways’ airport time for arrival/departure to the new entity. The department had also made such submissions to NCLT.

Jet Airways had about 700 time slots earlier

Jet Airways had about 700 time slots that allowed it to land/depart from airports like Mumbai and Delhi.