New Delhi: Ahead of a possible deal with Etihad Airways, Naresh Goyal, promoter of Jet AirwaysBSE 0.44 % on Wednesday approached the aviation ministry to seek more international routes for his airline.
A source said Mr Goyal has put in a written request to the government seeking more foreign routes for Jet Airways. Some of the routes are now available after the ministry cancelled Kingfisher's flying licence. The move to seek more routes is significant as this will allow Jet to fly passengers to the Middle East for onward travel on Etihad's network. Jet is in talks with Abu Dhabi's Etihad for a stake sale, where the latter would part with a minority stake in favour of the Middle-eastern carrier.
Goyal met senior officials at the civil aviation ministry Wednesday evening and has placed written requests for addition of Amsterdam as a brand new European destination to Jet's existing network.
20/03/13 Anindya Upadhyay/Economic Times
