Jet Airways appointed Sanjiv Kapoor as Chief Executive Officer (CEO). The announcement was made by Jalan Kalrock Consortium. Kapoor, who is currently President of Oberoi Hotels & Resorts, will join the airline company from April 4. He was previously with full-service carrier Vistara, and budget airline SpiceJet.
Speaking on his accepting this new role, Kapoor said, “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.”
“Even though Jet Airways has been out of operation for three years, it still has a large fan base of loyal customers who miss it every day and can’t wait for it to take to the skies again. Working together with a very strong team of experienced aviation professionals that is being put together by the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium, I look forward to leading the charge in rebuilding Jet Airways into the most preferred customer-oriented airline once again, a people-focused airline for the digital age,” Kapoor said.
Kapoor was the chief commercial officer (COO) at Vistara. Prior to joining Vistara, he was the chief commercial officer at SpiceJet. Overall, Kapoor has experience of more than two decades in the airline industry.
He pursued an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has a BA in computer science from Dartmouth College, U.S.
A consortium of Murari Lal Jalan and Florian Fritsch of Kalrock Capital was the successful resolution applicant of Jet Airways (India) Ltd.
