5 suitors for Jet Airways so far as lenders extend deadline for EoI

Lenders are reportedly awaiting EoIs from Air Canada & Delta Airlines, which are likely to submit their initial bids in the next two days.

Canadian airline Air Canada, UAE's Etihad, Malaysian carrier Air Asia, private equity firms TPG Capital and Indigo Partners and NIIF are the five potential suitors for debt-laden Jet Airways even as lenders to the airline extended the bidding deadline by two days to Friday, according to media reports. 

Reports said that PE players TPG Capital and Indigo Partners, National Investment and Infrastructure Fund Ltd (NIIF) and current Jet Airways shareholder Abu Dhabi-based Etihad Airways have submitted their expressions of interest (EoIs) while lenders are awaiting EoIs from Air Canada & Delta Airlines, which are likely to submit their bids in the