New Delhi: Nearly 33 per cent of the airline slots vacated by Jet Airways after its closure in April this year are still lying vacant, including in tier-1 cities such as Chennai and Kolkata, according to the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
A slot is a date and time at which an airline’s aircraft are permitted to depart or arrive at an airport.
When it went defunct, Jet Airways had 700 such slots, of which nearly 235 are yet to be filled up by other airlines. These include more than 175 domestic and 55 international slots.
A source in the Ministry of Civil Aviation told ThePrint that the Jet Airways slots are lying vacant at 30 to 35 airports at least, of the around 100 operated by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
The vacant slots are at some prominent airports such as the ones in Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Pune, Lucknow and Indore among others. These airports are among the ones that offer high-yield routes.
Another source in the ministry, however, said the allocation process is likely to be completed in the next three months. “The ministry is pursuing this slot allocation process and is looking forward to filling all the vacant airports in the next three months.”
28/10/19 Ifrah Mufti/Print
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A slot is a date and time at which an airline’s aircraft are permitted to depart or arrive at an airport.
When it went defunct, Jet Airways had 700 such slots, of which nearly 235 are yet to be filled up by other airlines. These include more than 175 domestic and 55 international slots.
A source in the Ministry of Civil Aviation told ThePrint that the Jet Airways slots are lying vacant at 30 to 35 airports at least, of the around 100 operated by the Airport Authority of India (AAI).
The vacant slots are at some prominent airports such as the ones in Chennai, Guwahati, Kolkata, Jodhpur, Pune, Lucknow and Indore among others. These airports are among the ones that offer high-yield routes.
Another source in the ministry, however, said the allocation process is likely to be completed in the next three months. “The ministry is pursuing this slot allocation process and is looking forward to filling all the vacant airports in the next three months.”
28/10/19 Ifrah Mufti/Print
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