NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday de-registered most of the 54 aircraft of GoAir. The regulatory comes following the Delhi high court last Friday issuing an order to do so within five working days while giving relief to the lessors on several other issues relating to these stuck planes.
The lessors are learnt to be wooed by both Tata’s Air India and cash-rich IndiGo to get the about 15 of the Airbus A320 family planes which could fairly quickly be made airworthy.Rest of the planes will have to wait to get replacement for their snag-ridden engines/spares from Pratt & Whitney which has been unable to supply the same to IndiGo also for several months due to which the latter’s over 75 planes are grounded. GoAir had stopped flying on May 2, 2023.
Delhi HC’s Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju last Friday allowed lessors to undertake maintenance on the long-grounded planes until the same are de-registered and exported in accordance with the Indian law.“The respondent DGCA and respondent Airport Authority of India (AAI) shall and assist the petitioner lessors and grant them access to the airports…” the court said. The resolution professional (RP) of GoAir and the airline have been restrained from accessing, entering or operating any of the aircrafts; and also from removing, replacing accessories, spare parts, documents and records from the aircraft.