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Ireland-based Kingplace would purchase Silverjet on behalf of unnamed private clients. However that deal fell through on 13 June, Silverjet went into liquidation and made all 420 staff redundant. An announcement by Lawrence Hunt, chief executive of Silverjet on
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At the beginning of May 2008, Silverjet stated that they had arranged an $ 8.4 million loan facility from
Viceroy Holdings, a Middle Eastern investor. However, the airline was unable to draw down $ 5 million that it needed urgently, and, on 23 May 2008, trading of Silverjet's shares was suspended on
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contribution to be reinvested in climate-friendly projects. In
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Silverjet would cease operations and suspend all flights with immediate effect due to failing to secure funding. The last operating flight, SLR254, arrived at London Luton Airport from Dubai at
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Arabjet would keep the airline in business and stated that Silverjet's fleet would be permanently grounded and that the airline would not fly again.
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