Jet's US plans long delayed

Jet Airways Ltd., which initially planned on starting a daily Newark-Brussels-Bombay (also known as Mumbai) route last year, is now hoping to launch the flights in the second quarter of 2007.
The Indian airline applied to the U.S. Department of Transportation in May 2005 for permission to fly to Newark. But the application has been on the slow track, amid concerns about the airline's possible links to terrorism.
Jet Airways initially hoped to launch the daily route last year.But a Maryland company with a nearly identical name, Jet Airways Inc., filed an objection to the Indian airline's application. The Maryland company complained of trademark infringement and -- more seriously -- alleged that the Indian company's chairman had ties to al-Qaida and organized crime.
The Indian airline has maintained that the accusations are untrue, but the U.S. government has apparently taken them seriously.
12/07/06 Richard Newman/NorthJersey.com, US

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