We have made mistakes in civil aviation in the past which we need to correct, Puri said
Jet Airways owes more than Rs 8,000 crore to a consortium of banks led by the State Bank of India, which now run the airline
Indian lenders had planned buying the planes as collateral
The development comes at a time when banks are looking to resolve the once premier airline's debt issues outside the insolvency process
In October, Virgin Atlantic will launch Mumbai-London, while Delta will fly from Mumbai to New York from December, in a sign it will take months to replace Jet's non-stop capacity.
The airline has taken at least 22 planes that were earlier used by Jet Airways, which temporarily shuttered its operations due to cash crunch in April.
Full service carrier Jet Airways, which had a significant number of international flights, temporarily suspended operations in April after running out of cash
Jet, once the biggest private airline in India, stopped all flights from April 17 after lenders refused to give it any more funds to keep flying.
The employees' demands included payment of their salaries and revival of the airlines
The airfares have risen dramatically on many international routes since Jet Airways suspended its operations on April 17
Jet suspended operations on April 17
Singh's Darwin Platform Group is the third unsolicited bidder to stake a claim for revival of the grounded airline
The airline industry in India has already witnessed similar meltdowns with SpiceJet making a spectacular turnaround after a similar situation
The Hinduja Group is non-committal but will keep its options open
Government remains 'committed to the strategic sale of Air India', says Jayant Sinha.
Chief Executive Vinay Dube and Chief Financial Officer Amit Agarwal of Jet Airways resign.
Jet, which owes vast sums to its lessors, pilots, fuel suppliers and other parties, stopped all flights from April 17
Amit Agarwal had been named as the deputy chief executive officer of the airline in 2017
In 2013, Etihad bailed Goyal out when he sank into a financial mess by taking a 24 per cent stake in Jet for $397 million
Airline is saddled with roughly $1.2 billion in bank debt; deadline to buy a stake is over.