Go First Airlines: Extends Flight Cancellation till Jul 6

Go First Airlines: The crisis-hit airline Go First on Thursday (June 29) extended its flight suspension until July 6, 2023, citing operational reasons. This is the 12th time that the carrier has extended the cancellation of flights. With this, the grounding of planes of the budget airline will exceed 2 months.

The airline, which is undergoing insolvency resolution process, stopped flying on May 3 and since then, it has extended cancellation of flights multiple times. Even though the senior representatives of Go First discussed various aspects of the revival plan with officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), its unlikely that a verdict will come from the DGCA anytime soon.

Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), DGCA will examine documents submitted by Go First related to the revival plan and will also conduct an audit on operational preparedness before allowing the carrier to restart operations.

The revival process gathered pace after the formation of the airline’s Committee of Creditors (CoC), comprising Bank of Baroda, Central Bank of India, IDBI Bank and Deutsche Bank, on June 10.

In a statement released online, Go First said, “We acknowledge the flight cancellations might have disrupted your travel plans and we are committed to providing all the assistance we can. As you are aware, the company has filed an application for immediate resolution and revival of operations We will be able to resume bookings shortly. Thank you for your patience.”

Lenders have committed an interim funding of around Rs 450 crore, considering a day’s operations are expected to cost around Rs 10 crore, sources had said. The airline, when it restarts operations, will not be operating flights from Jaipur, Lucknow, Kannur, Patna, Varanasi and Ranchi for the time being.

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