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announced its first takeover attempt on 19 January 2006, offering US$ 500 million (₹20 billion) in cash for the airline. Market reaction to the deal was mixed, with many analysts suggesting that Jet
Airways was paying too much for Air Sahara. The Indian Civil Aviation Ministry gave approval in
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Jetlite was merged with Jet
Airways' in-house low-cost brand JetKonnect on 25 March 2012 as a move towards operating under one brand. On 1 December 2014 JetKonnect was integrated into Jet Airways ending its own operations and now flew for them under the codeshare, using its own Air Operators
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January 2006 to a reported 8.5% in April 2007.
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business conglomerate. Initially, services were primarily concentrated in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then operations were extended to cover all the country. Sahara India
Airlines was rebranded as
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Airways which rebranded the airline as JetLite. On 17 April 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations, in tandem with its parent company, Jet Airways.
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Certificate and flight code S2 till the merger of the two companies was completed after approval. The aircraft fleet was also progressively being repainted in Jet
Airways livery.
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on 2 October 2000, although Sahara India
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A second, eventually successful attempt was made on 12 April 2007 with Jet
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909:"Jet Airways Annual Report 2010-2011"
877:"Jet Airways Annual Report 2009-2010"
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