The civil aviation ministry has allowed domestic airlines to operate the slots vacated by the now-defunct Jet Airways at various airports till December 31, said an industry source Tuesday.
Jet Airways, which is under insolvency proceedings, stopped flying from April 17, leaving hundreds of slots vacant at both domestic and international airports.
The government had allocated some of these slots to local carriers and allowed them to operate up to September 30 to overcome the capacity deficit.
It can be noted that a day after submitting the EoI, Volcan Investments, an investment company funded Vedanta chairman Anil Agarwal’s family trust, withdrew the same.
