The average daily international flights fell by 1.74 per cent in the week
(Reuters) -Pratt & Whitney opposed India's Go Airlines' push to enforce an arbitration ruling against the U.S. company for the supply of spare engines, a Delaware court filing showed.
Go First's complexity will be a test case
The airline has indicated to the civil aviation ministry it would be able to start operations in around two weeks
SMBC, along with firms such as Jackson Square Aviation and Bank of China Aviation, raised the alarm after a tribunal gave Go Airlines (India) Ltd bankruptcy protection to allow it to revive itself
Go Airlines will need to raise funds to revive the bankrupt company amid plans to keep it as a going concern, the recently appointed resolution professional informed staff on Thursday
Soon after the NCLT allowed Go First's plea on Wednesday, SMBC Aviation Capital's counsel moved the NCLAT
Go First has also reportedly discussed the plans to resume flights with the Centre
Getting bankruptcy protection, can the Wadia group's low cost carrier Go Airlines Ltd send its fleet back into the air in two weeks -- as it said earlier -- is the question that needs to be answered
It has also granted Go First protection under a moratorium from recovery by lessors and creditors
It has also granted Go First protection under a moratorium from recovery by lessors and creditors
Aviation regulator DGCA on Monday directed crisis-hit Go First to immediately stop bookings and sale of tickets directly or indirectly till further orders, according to a source. Besides, the watchdog has issued a show cause notice to the budget carrier under the relevant provisions of the Aircraft Rules, 1937, for its failure to continue the operation of the service in a safe, efficient and reliable manner, the source said. Earlier, the airline had suspended the sale of tickets till May 15 and has cancelled flights till May 12. The carrier has filed a plea for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which has reserved its order. The source said the airline has been directed to stop the booking and sale of tickets directly or indirectly, with immediate effect and until further orders. The airline has been asked to submit its reply within 15 days of the receipt of the show cause notice, and further, a decision on the continuation
Go Air - now re-branded as Go First - filed for insolvency protection on Tuesday after half of its Airbus SE A320neo fleet were grounded with engine snags
Announcing that the company is planning to revive shortly, CEO Kaushik Khona said, pilots will have to serve the six-month notice period
Go First told the court that the primary aim of filing for insolvency was to revive the airlines and it seeks a comprehensive debt restructuring
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Go Airlines was re-branded Go First ahead of a planned 36 billion rupee ($440 million) initial share sale last year
Some pilots of troubled airline have joined airlines in West Asia in recent weeks and others have approached IndiGo
Apart from IndiGo, Tata group-owned Air India, could be the second key beneficiary given its strong fleet and balance-sheet strength
Three flights diverted from Mumbai eventually return after getting clearance to land