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With jobs at stake, Jet Airways is casting a shadow on 2019 Lok Sabha polls

Troubled Jet Airways working to revamp debt and avert collapse

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Anurag Kotoky and Vrishti Beniwal | Bloomberg
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi rode to power five years ago on his business friendly credentials and the promise of generating millions of jobs. Now an airline is on the verge of collapse, bringing Modi’s image under attack just months before national elections.

Struggling in a competitive market where basic air fares can get as low as 2 cents, Jet Airways India Ltd., the country’s second-biggest airline, has piled on $1.1 billion in debt and failed to pay loans and salaries. With about 23,000 jobs at stake, pressure is building on Modi for a rescue package as a collapse would