Ticket refunds remain a challenge, though Jet claims the amount would be credited in 7 to 10 working days after the request is processed.
With average capacity utilisation now touching 76 per cent, Indian companies are going back to the drawing board to add capacity but the plans to build new factories and plants are still some months away.
Jazeera Airways started flying to India 18 months ago, servicing Ahmadabad, Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi and Mumbai.
The sudden massive cancellations of Jet have put travel agents and customers in jeopardy
The money is expected to be disbursed by the lenders consortium led by SBI after the Jet management submits an operational plan on how it intends to use the money till May 7.
Over 70 per cent of Jet's fleet has been grounded, leading to massive cancellations.
Lenders say settlements will cross over 100 accounts in the March quarter.
The airline informed the ministry that it would operate 75 planes by April-end.
Of 1,400 pilots the airline has, 200 have quit in the past few months because of salary delays.
Bankers said the SC verdict might prolong the resolution process and force lenders to bring back cases to the drawing board.
The delay will increase the provisioning burden on lenders and will also postpone the benefit of reversal of money set aside as provisions.
'There will be no flying unless the company pays us substantial salaries and provides a road map,' the National Aviators Guild, the pilots union, said in a message to its members.
Jet has pulled out flights from Northeast states and also cancelled its Srinagar flight, leading to reduction in capacity.
The first tranche of $31 million was due on March 11, while the second instalment of $109 million was due on March 28.
The deal will give India's largest conglomerate indirect stakes in seven airports in India and abroad.
Jet's operating fleet reduced from 103 planes in October 2018 to 35 now, leading to massive cancellations and a surge in airfares
Lenders send 'SOS' to the finance ministry on the tardy decision making and pile-up of cases at the Debt Recovery Tribunals and its appellate forum the Debt Recovery Appellate Tribunal.
Bids to be evaluated according to guidelines by the civil aviation ministry, following which a buyer will be selected. Transfer of control to the buyer to be effected by June-end.
After a meeting of banks on Friday on ways to make funds available immediately, a source in the know said lenders other than SBI and Punjab National Bank had not come on board so far to chip in with their funds.
Switching to a damage-control mode, bankers and government officials claimed that Jet Airways wouldn't fall even if Etihad refuses to back the resolution plan and exits.
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