209 slots vacated by Jet Airways are lying unused at 31 airports: Govt

A total of 209 slots vacated by the Jet AirwaysNSE -4.93 % are lying unused at 31 airports across the country, according to the data shared by Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri in the Lok Sabha on Thursday.

A slot is a date and time at which an airline’s aircraft is permitted to depart or arrive at an airport.

The airports in Chennai have 34 unused slots, Indore 18, Guwahati 12 and Ahmedabad have 8 slots, the minister said in a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha.