With growing apprehension that the shortlisted bidders for Jet Airways may walk away as the carrier’s prime slots are being allotted to rival airlines leaving nothing for the new buyer, the civil aviation ministry stepped in on Tuesday.
Allaying all such apprehensions, the civil aviation ministry said the current vacant slots of Jet are being allocated to other airlines purely on a temporary basis and once the airline resumes operations, these slots will be returned.
“To reduce inconvenience of passengers and facilitate induction of additional capacity, it has been decided to allot some of the slots vacated by Jet to other airlines purely on a temporary basis, for a period of three months,” the civil aviation ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.
