In May, 2019, the Darwin Platform Group of Companies made a concerted Rs. 14,000 crores bid to bail out the grounded Jet Airways (India) Ltd. - an amount which is more than what was offered by Etihad Airways to acquire a minority stake in the now shut-down airline. This equity infusion can almost erase the entire existing liability of Jet Airways.

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