Jet Airways to start domestic operations by Q1 2022
orking closely with the relevant authorities and airport coordinators on slot allocation, required airport infrastructure, and night parking.
Hyderabad: Jet Airways is all set to resume domestic operations in Q1 2022, according to the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, the successful resolution applicant of Jet Airways. The process of reviving the grounded carrier is on track with the existing Air Operator Certificate (AOC) already under process for revalidation.
The consortium is working closely with the relevant authorities and airport coordinators on slot allocation, required airport infrastructure, and night parking. Senior members of the Jalan Kalrock Consortium along with Jet 2.0 Operations Team led by the newly appointed Captain Sudhir Gaur, Accountable Manager, and acting CEO visited key airports last month and held productive meetings with them.
Murari Lal Jalan, lead member of the Jalan Kalrock Consortium, said, “We received the NCLT approval in June 2021, and since then we have been working closely with all concerned authorities to get the airline back in the skies. Jet Airways 2.0 aims at restarting domestic operations by Q1-2022, and short haul international operations by Q3/Q4 2022. Our plan is to have 50 plus aircraft in three years and 100 plus in five years which also fits perfectly well with the short-term and long-term business plan of the consortium.”
“The aircraft are being selected based on competitive long-term leasing solutions. It is the first time in the history of Aviation that an airline grounded for more than two years is being revived and we are looking forward to being a part of this historic journey,” he added.
The revival plan for Jet Airways is being implemented as approved by NCLT and all the creditors will be settled as per the plan in the coming months.
Sharing operational details, the acting CEO of Jet Airways, Captain Gaur said “In its new avatar, Jet Airways will now be headquartered in Delhi NCR with its senior management working from the Corporate Office at Gurugram. However, Jet Airways will continue to have a strong and significant presence in Mumbai where it will work from its ‘Global One’ office in Kurla. Jet Airways also has a state-of-the-art training centre located at Global One, which will be retained and used for in-house training for the Jet Airways team.”
Gaur added, “We will start with domestic operations on an all narrow-body aircraft fleet leased from major global aircraft lessors who have approached us, and with whom we continue to engage. Jet Airways has already hired 150 plus full-time employees on its payroll, and we are looking to onboard another 1,000 plus employees FY 2021-22 across categories.”
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