According to a government official, Jet Airways will likely receive its air operator’s licence this week, more than three years after it was grounded.
On Sunday, the airline flew the first of three proving flights for the permission.
The other two will be held on Tuesday. The grounded carrier received security approval from the ministry of civil aviation on May 8.
The approval was granted after the minister of home affairs gave its consent. An official gave the airline “security permission for change in shareholding arrangement” in a letter.
On December 13 of last year, the new owners of Jet, a partnership between Kalrock Capital and Middle Eastern businessman Murari Lal Jalan, requested for security clearance.
Sanjiv Kapoor, the former chief strategy and commercial officer at Vistara, was named CEO of the airline last month.
Jet has already hired over 150 people, and the airline is in talks with vendors, including lessors, about the restart. Jet ceased operations in April 2019, owing to mounting losses, debts, and dues.
The National Company Law Tribunal accepted it for insolvency proceedings in June 2019. In June of last year, the bankruptcy court authorised the Jalan-Kalrock consortium’s resolution plan after a two-year insolvency procedure.
Jet Airways’ operating permit, or AOP, was revoked months after the airline ceased operations.
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