Nagpur (India) : JetSetFleet Management Services IFSC Private, a leasing arm of JetSetGo Aviation, has become the first Indian leasing business to directly import an aircraft, marking a historic event in India’s aviation history, a press release issued by JetSetGo said.
The aircraft, a Hawker 800 XP, leased through GIFT City, IFSC was imported from the United Kingdom and towed into the MRO after landing on Thursday at Nagpur airport.
Parking and warehousing services were provided by Air India MRO.
This aircraft was brought into the SEZ for the purpose of leasing, promoting MRO and offering other ancillary services in the region.
The imported aircraft was provided a tax-free landing by the SEZ in Nagpur , following which it was flown to Delhi to be delivered to Indo Pacific Aviation, which is an arm of JetSetGo, the release said.
This transaction is being hailed as the country’s first-ever after the Ministry of Finance established a framework for Aircraft Leasing and Tax SOPS were granted, to shift the leasing business from Ireland or other locations to Indian Territories.
To lease out the aircraft, the Company is experimenting with a novel financing strategy wherein JetSetGo plans on using the ‘pay-as-you-go’ arrangement.
Under this model, the Company gets compensated based on how much the aircraft flies.
In addition to this, JetSetGo is also looking into revenue-sharing arrangements, the release said.
Commenting on this mega milestone, Kanika Tekriwal, Founder and CEO, JetSetGo Aviation said “With the import of the Hawker 800 XP, we are extremely proud to be the first Indian leasing company to bring an aircraft into the country directly. This is not just a big milestone for us as a business but also a historic move for India’s aviation industry as a whole.
We are thrilled to have been able to do this as it is a step forward towards putting India on the global aviation map and enabling many industry-firsts going forward.
“With this initiative, we want to ensure that the leasing of aircrafts becomes feasible in India,” she said.
Furthermore, we are planning to bring in at least six aircrafts by the end of 2021-22 and by the end of 2022, we will also look at leasing planes to international locations”, she added. .
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