UAE-based entrepreneur Murari Lal Jalan, one of the proposed promoters of Jet Airways, is in advance discussions with the Uzbekistan government to start a full-service airline and develop an airport in that country, according to an article published by BusinessLine.

The counsels representing the consortium said that “while Jalan’s core area of business is into paper manufacturing and trading, photographic products, commodities, hospitality, real estate among others, he isn’t a novice in the aviation industry.”

 “Jalan is in advance discussions with the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the state government of Namangan for developing a new airport in Namangan city, Uzbekistan and for setting up a new full-service airline in collaboration with the government of the Republic of Uzbekistan and the state government of Namangan”, said BusinessLine.

Jalan is to be the majority shareholder in the airport and the airline entity. The airline is to give a major boost to the aviation and tourism sector in Uzbekistan. During its first phase of the launch, it will cater to CIS countries and the European Union along with expanding to all major destinations in the next three-five years.

The airline is scheduled to launch Q1 of 2021 with more than 25 aircraft with a mix of B737 Max, Airbus A330, and Boeing 787 Dreamliner, which was delayed due to the covid-19 pandemic.

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