DGCA tells NCLT it can’t be mandated to give approvals, slots to Jet’s new shareholders

India’s aviation regulator has told the bankruptcy court that it can’t be mandated or directed to grant approvals, permissions and certificates to the potential new owners of Jet Airways.

These include the air operator’s certificate, security clearances, flight slots and bilateral air traffic rights of Jet that have either lapsed or being reallocated among its peers.

Jet stopped operating on April 17, 2020. A show cause notice was sent to it by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) for suspending its air operator’s certificate. That suspension was stalled because of the corporate insolvency proceedings against it at the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT).