After 3 years, Jet Airways conducts first test flight in Hyderabad
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Incidentally, 29 years ago, Jet operated its first flight on May 5. The airline ceased operations in April 2019 due to mounting debt.
After a three-year break, a Jet Airways plane took to the sky again on Thursday.
It was doing a test flight above Hyderabad, which lasted 1 hour and 38 minutes.
Pilots Manav Gupta, Ankush Sharma, and Vishesh Oberoi of Jet Airways flew the aircraft under the code 9W-101.
Sanjiv Kapoor, the airline's CEO, said on Twitter on Thursday that the test flight was a "very emotional moment" for "all the fantastic employees who have been working hard to get Jet back in the skies."
A very emotional moment for all the wonderful folks who have been working hard to get Jet back in the skies. This was a test flight, not a proving flight. The aircraft will position to Delhi this evening. Proving flight to be scheduled in the coming days from Delhi. @jetairways https://t.co/pOjRkEf6a0
— Sanjiv Kapoor (@TheSanjivKapoor) May 5, 2022
And, she’s here! Our aircraft, VT-SXE, operated a positioning flight this evening from Hyderabad to Delhi as 9W101. Some photos here of the aircraft in Delhi and of colleagues celebrating this momentous day! #JetAirways #OnCloud9W pic.twitter.com/6sYfmlm0Jm
— Jet Airways (@jetairways) May 5, 2022
Jet had its first flight on May 5, which was 29 years ago.
Due to growing debt, the airline discontinued operations in April 2019.
A combo of UAE-based billionaire Murari Lal Jalan and UK-based Kalrock consortium emerged as the owner following the insolvency resolution process under the bankruptcy code.
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