Ministry not to allocate Jet’s foreign slots permanently

NEW DELHI: With no new owner on the horizon for Jet Airways, airlines have asked the government to allocate the grounded carrier’s foreign-flying rights to them permanently instead of awarding them for a limited period. But a senior aviation ministry official said no such decision was likely for now.

“Almost all the private airlines feel that these rights should be allocated to them permanently, as chances of Jet Airways’ revival is bleak. We cannot do that because the company law tribunal has asked us to preserve the rights of Jet Airways till the process to look for new owners of Jet Airways is on,” said the official, who did not want to be named.