The shareholders of Jet Airways have approved the appointment of Srinivasan Vishvanathan as an independent director on its board.

The airline said in the filing that to clear the appointment, the private carrier held an extra-ordinary general meeting.

At present the airline has 9,439 shareholders but only 76 public shareholders took part in the voting.

It further added that the promoter group was represented by two shareholders.

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