Jet hopes to get back 40 grounded planes by Apr
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:27.03.2019
Jet Airways is currently operating 35 aircraft and may take this number to 75 by April-end if it is able to convince lessors, who have grounded planes over dues. The airline’s officials met top aviation officials on Tuesday to give a road map of the next couple of months, a day after Naresh Goyal stepped down from its board and then lenders agreed to give an emergency fund of ₹1,500 crore.
“We are trying that in the summer peak travel season the capacity crunch eases. We have observed fares on some sectors occasionally spiked up and have asked airlines not to do that. Jet officials said they will speak to lessors and hope to get 40 grounded planes back in operation by next month-end. They will inform us by next week exactly how many planes lessors have allowed them to fly and by when,” aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said after meeting Jet officials along with DGCA chief B S Bhullar.
The capacity crunch has been caused largely by Jet groundings and later aggravated by SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max and GoAir A320 Neo groundings and cancellations of flights by other airlines like Air India and Indi-Go. Kharola said the government is looking at giving the slots not being utilised by Jet in airports in India and abroad to other Indian carriers for a certain period.
Jet was operating 103 aircraft before its funding crisis got severe earlier this year. “If it is able to have 75 planes operational by next month, Jet will be operating almost 80% of its fleet. Since the planes have been grounded for some time, we will ensure their airworthiness and safety before they get back in action,” Kharola added.
Mum-Del remains 3rd busiest route
Mumbai-Delhi remained the world’s third-busiest domestic route in 2018 with 45,188 flights operated by six airlines during the year, averaging almost 124 flights daily. UK-based air consultancy firm OAG on Tuesday released the “busiest routes 2019” report, which featured Bangalore-Delhi as the 19th busiest domestic route . TNN
Saurabh.Sinha@timesgroup.com
New Delhi:27.03.2019
Jet Airways is currently operating 35 aircraft and may take this number to 75 by April-end if it is able to convince lessors, who have grounded planes over dues. The airline’s officials met top aviation officials on Tuesday to give a road map of the next couple of months, a day after Naresh Goyal stepped down from its board and then lenders agreed to give an emergency fund of ₹1,500 crore.
“We are trying that in the summer peak travel season the capacity crunch eases. We have observed fares on some sectors occasionally spiked up and have asked airlines not to do that. Jet officials said they will speak to lessors and hope to get 40 grounded planes back in operation by next month-end. They will inform us by next week exactly how many planes lessors have allowed them to fly and by when,” aviation secretary Pradeep Singh Kharola said after meeting Jet officials along with DGCA chief B S Bhullar.
The capacity crunch has been caused largely by Jet groundings and later aggravated by SpiceJet Boeing 737 Max and GoAir A320 Neo groundings and cancellations of flights by other airlines like Air India and Indi-Go. Kharola said the government is looking at giving the slots not being utilised by Jet in airports in India and abroad to other Indian carriers for a certain period.
Jet was operating 103 aircraft before its funding crisis got severe earlier this year. “If it is able to have 75 planes operational by next month, Jet will be operating almost 80% of its fleet. Since the planes have been grounded for some time, we will ensure their airworthiness and safety before they get back in action,” Kharola added.
Mum-Del remains 3rd busiest route
Mumbai-Delhi remained the world’s third-busiest domestic route in 2018 with 45,188 flights operated by six airlines during the year, averaging almost 124 flights daily. UK-based air consultancy firm OAG on Tuesday released the “busiest routes 2019” report, which featured Bangalore-Delhi as the 19th busiest domestic route . TNN
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