New Delhi: The aviation ministry has distributed Jet Airways’ foreign flying rights among Indian carriers through an allocation process that was opposed by airlines such as IndiGo and GoAir, which have challenged the move in separate letters to the ministry, said people with knowledge of the matter. Government officials defended the method as transparent and fair.
IndiGo and SpiceJet have got the maximum number of rights, with 84 weekly flights for the first and 77 for the second. GoAir got the rights to operate 30 weekly flights, while Vistara got 28. All the allocations are for three months. Indi-Go’s contention is that it should have got more rights, in line with its share of about half the domestic market, said the people cited above.
Airline representatives were asked to pick a chit and were given preference, according to the number they got as well as their fleet induction plans, sources said. This took place last week and letters to airlines were issued earlier this week, they added.
With this allocation, the government has farmed out almost all the foreign flying rights of the grounded Jet Airways, which stopped flying on April 18.
Domestic routes had been distributed earlier — of the total 750 slots that Jet Airways had at various airports, 480 have been allocated.
GoAir has also written to the Prime Minister’s Office protesting about the model followed to allocate overseas rights, they said.
21/06/19 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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IndiGo and SpiceJet have got the maximum number of rights, with 84 weekly flights for the first and 77 for the second. GoAir got the rights to operate 30 weekly flights, while Vistara got 28. All the allocations are for three months. Indi-Go’s contention is that it should have got more rights, in line with its share of about half the domestic market, said the people cited above.
Airline representatives were asked to pick a chit and were given preference, according to the number they got as well as their fleet induction plans, sources said. This took place last week and letters to airlines were issued earlier this week, they added.
With this allocation, the government has farmed out almost all the foreign flying rights of the grounded Jet Airways, which stopped flying on April 18.
Domestic routes had been distributed earlier — of the total 750 slots that Jet Airways had at various airports, 480 have been allocated.
GoAir has also written to the Prime Minister’s Office protesting about the model followed to allocate overseas rights, they said.
21/06/19 Mihir Mishra/Economic Times
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