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Making sense of crisis-hit Jet Airways' juggle for key airport slots

The Kalrock-Jalan consortium, whose proposal got the NCLT nod, hopes to restart Jet Airways as a full service airline with 25-30 aircraft

Jet Airways
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A new airline can get only those slots that are available after allocation to all existing airlines and those surrendered by incumbents

Aneesh Phadnis Mumbai
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) cleared a plan to revive Jet Airways last week. The Kalrock-Jalan consortium, whose proposal got the NCLT nod, hopes to restart Jet Airways as a full service airline with 25-30 aircraft. The availability of key slots at airports will be crucial for the revival and is the consortium’s main demand. Let’s find out how slots are assigned to an airline.
 
What is an airport slot and what determines its availability?
 
A slot is a permission given by an airport to an airline to operate a flight at a specified date and time.

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