Jet planes to fly again, courtesy SpiceJet, AI
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:21.04.2019
Some of Jet Airways’ grounded planes will start flying by next week, possibly as early as Tuesday itself.
Highly placed sources say SpiceJet will take anywhere between 30 and 40 of Jet’s Boeing 737s while Air India will take five of the wide body Boeing 777s. The Maharaja may take some B737s for its AI Express. “Almost 40 to 45 planes will be operational within the next10 days. This will help provide gainful employment with pay to some employees of Jet as the aircraft will be wet leased (meaning hired with crew to operate them).
“The additionalflightswill mean the runaway fares will hopefully stabilise, at least on domestic routes. Once AI starts using the B777s on international routes like London, Dubai and Singapore, fares to those places should return to sane levels,” said a source.
Depending on whether Jet’s ongoing bidding process is successful, the aircraft may return to the airline.Aviation secretary P S Kharola had earlier this week said 75 planes used on domestic routes have goneoutof thesystem (mainly due to Jet grounding) while other Indian carriers have bought in 58 planes in last five months. If 30 to 45 Jet planes start flying with AI and Spice-Jet, at least the gap on domestic and nearby international front could be filled and help bring down fares.
Full report on www.toi.in
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi:21.04.2019
Some of Jet Airways’ grounded planes will start flying by next week, possibly as early as Tuesday itself.
Highly placed sources say SpiceJet will take anywhere between 30 and 40 of Jet’s Boeing 737s while Air India will take five of the wide body Boeing 777s. The Maharaja may take some B737s for its AI Express. “Almost 40 to 45 planes will be operational within the next10 days. This will help provide gainful employment with pay to some employees of Jet as the aircraft will be wet leased (meaning hired with crew to operate them).
“The additionalflightswill mean the runaway fares will hopefully stabilise, at least on domestic routes. Once AI starts using the B777s on international routes like London, Dubai and Singapore, fares to those places should return to sane levels,” said a source.
Depending on whether Jet’s ongoing bidding process is successful, the aircraft may return to the airline.Aviation secretary P S Kharola had earlier this week said 75 planes used on domestic routes have goneoutof thesystem (mainly due to Jet grounding) while other Indian carriers have bought in 58 planes in last five months. If 30 to 45 Jet planes start flying with AI and Spice-Jet, at least the gap on domestic and nearby international front could be filled and help bring down fares.
Full report on www.toi.in
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