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Also known as Air Sahara, Jet Lite India

JetLite was a low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways. It was formerly known as Air Sahara until the buyout by Jet Airways which rebranded the airline as JetLite. On 17 April 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations, in tandem with its parent company, Jet Airways.

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Airline.airline
JetLite (JetKonnect)
Airline.logo
Jet Lite logo.svg
Airline.logo_size
125
Airline.destinations
22
Airline.IATA
S2
Airline.ICAO
JLL
Airline.callsign
LITE JET
Airline.parent
Tailwinds Limited
Airline.founded
(as Sahara India Airlines)
Airline.headquarters
Mumbai, India
Airline.key_people
Naresh Goyal (Owner)
Airline.bases
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Airline.frequent_flyer
Jet Privilege

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Official website
www.jetlite.com
Image
JetLite Boeing 737-800 Vyas-1.jpg
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IATA airline designator
S2
Commons category
JetLite
ICAO airline designator
JLL
inception
1991-00-00
end of work period
2012-03-25
dissolved, abolished or demolished date
2012-00-00
airline accounting code
705
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13 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Foundation
  • Buyout by Jet Airways
  • Rebranding to JetKonnect
  • End of Operations
  • Services
  • Corporate Affairs
  • Business Trends
  • Fleet
  • In-flight services
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

JetLite was a low-cost subsidiary of Jet Airways. It was formerly known as Air Sahara until the buyout by Jet Airways which rebranded the airline as JetLite. On 17 April 2019, JetLite grounded all of its flights and ceased all operations, in tandem with its parent company, Jet Airways.

==History== ===Foundation=== thumb|Former Air Sahara Logo thumb|A Bombardier CRJ200 aircraft in Air Sahara livery at [[Ranchi Airport c.2005]] The airline was established on 20 September 1991 and began operations on 3 December 1993 with two Boeing 737–200 aircraft as Sahara India Airlines, as part of the major Sahara India Pariwar business conglomerate. Initially, services were primarily concentrated in the northern sectors of India, keeping Delhi as its base, and then operations were extended to cover all the country. Sahara India Airlines was rebranded as Air Sahara on 2 October 2000, although Sahara India Airlines remains the carrier's registered name. On 22 March 2004 it became an international carrier with the start of flights from Chennai to Colombo, later expanding to London, Singapore, Maldives and Kathmandu. It had also planned to become the first private Indian carrier to serve China with flights to Guangzhou from winter 2006, however, this did not materialize. The uncertainty over the airline's fate caused its share of the domestic Indian air transport market to go down from approximately 11% in January 2006 to a reported 8.5% in April 2007.

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