Jet Airways received 170 slots by 30 airports

The Ministry Of Civil Aviation (MCA) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in regards of an affidavit submitted to the bankruptcy court said that Jet Airways could not claim any historical authenticity to obtain the slots. “The allocation of the slots would happen in accordance with the existing guidelines,” said the Government and Aviation regulator.

The Kalrock-Jalan Consortium, the Jet Airways new owners have been given 170 pairs if slots by 30 airports, if the airline restarts operations.

Business Standard reported that whether or not the Jet Airways are given the slots were dependent on the National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT) order.

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The new management of the airlines believes that is is vital for some of these slots to be restored or the plan for operating the airline would not be viable.

Jet Airways, before the operations were shut on April 2019, had almost 700 slot pairs, including prime spots in Delhi and Mumbai. The slots had been allotted to the other domestic carriers.

A source said that a team from the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium visited all the airports and had been informed that there was no constraint of slots except for those in Mumbai and some in Delhi. The source also mentioned that due to the pandemic the airports expected that airlines would operate reduced capacity for at least two years, which would make the slots easily available, and more slots would be available in Delhi after the new fourth runway becomes operational the next year.

A report said that the airline’s new owners planned on restarting the operations with 30 narrow body and 5 wide body aircrafts.

The Ministry Of Civil Aviation (MCA) and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) in regards of an affidavit submitted to the bankruptcy court said that Jet Airways could not claim any historical authenticity to obtain the slots. “The allocation of the slots would happen in accordance with the existing guidelines,” said the Government and Aviation regulator.