SpiceJet could be the biggest airline as India decides to prefer airlines with extra capacity to allot time slots vacated by grounded Jet Airways instead of following the norms that call for preference to new newcomer.
Pradeep Singh Kharola, aviation secretary said, “these guidelines are for normal circumstances and we are in an unprecedented situation, so the immediate need is addition of capacity, cash-starved Jet Airways’ decision to halt operations for now vacated 440 time slots: 280 in Mumbai and 160 in New Delhi. The slots grant time for flights to land and take off at an airport.”
Kharola also said that a committee comprising airport operators and Directorate General of Civil Aviation will allocate these slots for three months, adding that the Civil Aviation Ministry will monitor the situation and it will be done in a “fair and equitable” manner.
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