GoAir offers its aircraft, crew, airport staff to government for emergency services

NEW DELHI: GoAir on Friday said it has offered government its aircraft, crew and airport staff to carry out emergency services and repatriation of citizens, two days after another low-cost carrier IndiGo made a similar offer.
Currently, while there is a ban on international and domestic passenger flights in the country, all-cargo flights can operate as usual, according to aviation regulator DGCA.
However, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) is yet to give permission to airlines to conduct flights using their commercial passenger aircraft with just cargo in their belly.
India has suspended domestic passenger flights from midnight on March 24 and all international flights from 1.30 am on March 23.
“GoAir has reached out to the ministry of civil aviation and the DGCA and offered its services in the wake of a complete lockdown across the nation,” the airline said in a press release.