Union home ministry has granted security clearance to Jet Airways that is planning to relaunch commercial flight operations in the next few months
NationPress Trust of IndiaUpdated:
May 08, 2022 9:56 pm IST
Union home ministry has granted
security clearance to Jet Airways that is planning to relaunch commercial
flight operations in the next few months, according to an official
document. The Jalan-Kalrock Consortium is currently the promoters of Jet
Airways. The airline in its old avatar was owned by Naresh Goyal and had
operated its last flight on April 17, 2019.
Last
Thursday, the airline conducted its test flight to and from the Hyderabad
airport in a step towards obtaining the air operator certificate.
A letter sent by the civil aviation
ministry to the airline on May 6 informed it about the grant of the security
clearance by the Union home ministry. The letter, which has been accessed
by PTI, said, it is "directed to refer to your application… to convey
security clearance for change in shareholding pattern of the company/firm, for
scheduled operator permit, on the basis of security clearance received from the
Ministry of Home Affairs".
Last Thursday's test flight was
conducted to prove to aviation regulator DGCA that the aircraft and its
components are operating normally.
After the test flight on Thursday,
the airline has to conduct proving flights after which the Directorate General
of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will grant the air operator certificate.
Proving flights are similar to
commercial flight with DGCA officials and airline officials as passengers and
cabin crew members on board.
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