Etihad-Jet- International Expansion
Neelam Mathews March 9, 2013 That Etihad may be leveraging Jet for its international expansion as reported by CNBC recently, is getting apparent. We learn that Jet has changed its plans to lease its A330 to Oman Air and will now lease it to future partner Etihad. Also a 777 returned from Thai is expected to head westwards. Aerospace Diary could not confirm this. It follows perhaps, that Abu Dhabi will be Jet's new hub. It is interesting to note, that recently, the minister of civil aviation has been mentioning the Jet-Etihad deal a lot. Just a day ago, he told CNBC: “ I am very hopeful that the deal will go through. …… Discussions are on between Jet and Etihad and their relations are coordial, I hope the deal will be concluded in the next four to six weeks.” While one can understand the concern that the government has that its policy on FDI is working, there seem to be mixed signals on AirAsia. Worrying about that ubiquitous comma, Singh said: “T he government is in favo...