Aviation regulator DGCA will conduct an audit of Go First’s preparedness earlier than approving resumption of flights by the crisis-hit provider, in accordance with a communication.
Money-strapped Go First stopped flying from Could 3 and is present process voluntary insolvency decision proceedings.
On Tuesday, a senior official on the Directorate Normal of Civil Aviation (DGCA) stated the airline has submitted its response to the regulator’s present trigger discover indicating that it’s engaged on the small print of a plan to renew flights on the earliest.
In a communication to the workers on Tuesday, the airline stated, “DGCA shall be conducting an audit to verify our preparedness within the coming days. As soon as authorised by the regulator, we might be quickly commencing operations”.
The federal government has been very supportive and has requested the airline to start operations as quickly as attainable, it added.
In addition to, the communication, despatched out on Tuesday night time to the workers, stated the CEO has assured that salaries for the month of April shall be credited to their accounts earlier than the graduation of operations.
“Additional, from the approaching month, the wage shall be paid within the 1st week of each month,” it added.
The communication was despatched out by Go First’s Head of Operations Rajit Ranjan.
On Could 8, DGCA issued a present trigger discover to the price range provider beneath the related provisions of the Plane Guidelines, 1937, for its failure to proceed the operation of the service in a protected, environment friendly and dependable method. The airline has submitted its reply to the present trigger discover.
Go First, on Could 2, introduced submitting the plea for voluntary insolvency decision proceedings in addition to suspension of flights, initially for 2 days — Could 3 and 4.
At the moment additionally, DGCA had issued a present trigger discover to Go First for cancelling flights for Could 3 and 4 “with none prior intimation”.
The airline has cancelled all its flights until Could 26.
On Monday, the Nationwide Firm Regulation Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) upheld NCLT’s choice to confess Go First’s plea for voluntary insolvency decision proceedings.
The ruling had come on petitions filed by 4 lessors opposing the insolvency decision proceedings of the airline.