Jet conducts test flight as consortium revives airline after 3 years

Following the insolvency resolution process under India's bankruptcy code, a consortium of UAE- based businessman Murari Lal Jalan and UK-based Kalrock Consortium emerged to be the owner

A Jet Airways aircraft took to the skies again on Thursday after a gap of three years. It was conducting a test flight during which it flew for 1 hour 38 minutes over Hyderabad.

The aircraft was operated by Jet Airways pilots Manav Gupta, Ankush Sharma, and Vishesh Oberoi and flew under the code 9W-101.

On Thursday, the airline's CEO Sanjiv Kapoor said on Twitter that the test flight's operation was a very emotional moment "for all the wonderful folks who have been working hard to get Jet back in the skies".

Incidentally, 29 years ago, Jet operated its flight