- Jet Airways did not mention a replacement for Mr Agarwal.
- He had joined Jet Airways as chief financial officer in 2015.
- Lenders of the now-grounded Jet Airways have taken a controlling stake in the airline, and are currently in the process of selling a stake to recover their dues.
- SBI Capital Markets, a unit of SBI - which leads the group of Jet Airways' lenders, said last week that it received a solicited bid from Etihad Airways and three unsolicited bids for the airline. (Also read: Etihad, three others bid for Jet Airways)
- The deadline for interested parties to submit their bids under the stake sale ended on Friday.
- The Jet Airways stock declined as much as 12.44 per cent to Rs 122.10 apiece on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE), compared with its previous close of Rs 139.45.
- At 10:16 am, Jet Airways shares traded 10.33 per cent lower at Rs 125.05 apiece on the bourse, underperforming the benchmark Sensex index market which was down 0.15 per cent.
- Jet Airways earlier this month accepted the resignation of its whole-time director Gaurang Shetty. (Also read: Jet's 26th anniversary "saddest" day, Naresh Goyal writes to staff)
- The airline temporarily suspended its flight operations on April 17. Till Monday, Jet Airways shares had declined 42.16 per cent since the grounding of the airline.
- Hundreds of Jet Airways pilots, engineers and technicians have joined rival aviation companies.
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(With agency inputs)
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