Airlines may keep Jet slots till March-end
Foreign traffic rights to be retained
16/09/2019 , Jagriti Chandra, NEW DELHI
Potential buyers of Jet Airways will weigh airport slots and foreign rights.
The Centre is likely to allow domestic carriers to keep Jet Airways’s slots at domestic airports and its foreign traffic rights until the end of March, or during the winter schedule, a senior official of the Civil Aviation Ministry said.
“The airlines said that a temporary allocation of Jet Airways’s slots and traffic rights for three months put them at a disadvantage as they are left with a shorter booking period as compared to foreign carriers and requested that these be given to them until the end of the winter schedule. We will consider their request,” P.S. Kharola, Secretary, Civil Aviation Ministry, told The Hindu.
The airlines raised the issue at a meeting with the Ministry last week.
The winter schedule will be in force from the last Sunday of October to the last Saturday of March. The government’s decision will help the airlines plan their flights for the winter season before they file their schedule with the Director General of Civil Aviation.
The government has not allotted the airport slots and foreign traffic rights of Jet Airways to other airlines permanently as these could be prime assets for a potential buyer of Jet Airways.
Foreign traffic rights to be retained
16/09/2019 , Jagriti Chandra, NEW DELHI
Potential buyers of Jet Airways will weigh airport slots and foreign rights.
The Centre is likely to allow domestic carriers to keep Jet Airways’s slots at domestic airports and its foreign traffic rights until the end of March, or during the winter schedule, a senior official of the Civil Aviation Ministry said.
“The airlines said that a temporary allocation of Jet Airways’s slots and traffic rights for three months put them at a disadvantage as they are left with a shorter booking period as compared to foreign carriers and requested that these be given to them until the end of the winter schedule. We will consider their request,” P.S. Kharola, Secretary, Civil Aviation Ministry, told The Hindu.
The airlines raised the issue at a meeting with the Ministry last week.
The winter schedule will be in force from the last Sunday of October to the last Saturday of March. The government’s decision will help the airlines plan their flights for the winter season before they file their schedule with the Director General of Civil Aviation.
The government has not allotted the airport slots and foreign traffic rights of Jet Airways to other airlines permanently as these could be prime assets for a potential buyer of Jet Airways.
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