NEW DELHI, Jul 22 (NNN-PTI) – India’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), yesterday, allowed the crisis-hit airline “Go First” to operate with 15 aircraft, nearly 11 weeks after the private airline announced cancellation of its flights.
The civil aviation regulator said in a statement that, the private airline’s resumption plan for operating 15 aircraft (114 daily flights) has been reviewed and accepted, but the acceptance is subject to the “outcome of the writ petitions/applications, pending before the High Court of Delhi and the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).”
Since May 2, the beleaguered airline had on several occasions announced the cancellation of flights citing “operational reasons.”
Blaming U.S.-based engine manufacturer, Pratt & Whitney (P&W), for its financial woes, the airline had filed for voluntary insolvency proceedings with the NCLT. Thereafter, “Go First” had grounded a portion of its fleet.– NNN-PTI
