Jet Airways currently flying less than 50 domestic flights: DGCA official

As the crisis in the private airline deepened, the Prime Minister's Office has called an urgent meeting to discuss the situation, official sources said

Press Trust of India  |  New Delhi 

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Cash-strapped is currently flying less than 50 domestic flights, a senior official of aviation regulator DGCA said on Friday.

The official did not give the actual number of aircraft that are currently flying.

The official said that the airline has suspended its international operations till Monday.
 

As the crisis in the private airline deepened, the Prime Minister's Office has called an urgent meeting to discuss the situation, official sources said.

The airline on Friday announced it will induct 16 NG aircraft on dry lease to bring down flight cancellations and expand the airline's international and domestic presence.

The announcement comes at a time when airfares have been on an upswing across India for the last few weeks due to sharp decline in number of flights primarily caused by grounding of around 90 per cent of the 119-aircraft fleet of the cash-strapped
 

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The availability of flights was also hit by pulling out of SpiceJet's 12 "737 Max" aircraft in March over safety concerns following an Ethiopian plane crash on March 10.

"will induct 16 NG aircraft on dry lease and has applied to the (DGCA) for a No Objection Certificate (NOC) to import the aircraft," the airline said.

"Subject to regulatory approvals, the aircraft would begin joining fleet in the next ten days," it added.

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First Published: Fri, April 12 2019. 19:10 IST