NEW DELHI: The aviation ministry has reiterated that slots of grounded Jet AirwaysNSE 1.44 % at various Indian airports are being allotted to other airlines for three months on a “purely temporary basis” and only to those operators inducting additional aircraft.
“To reduce the inconvenience of passengers and facilitate induction of additional capacity, it has been decided to allot some of the slots vacated by Jet Airways to other airlines on purely temporary basis, for a period of three months,” the government said in a statement issued on Tuesday.