THE INDIAN Government has rejected the expansion plans of domestic carriers Jet Airways, Skyline NEPC and Sahara Indian Airlines. It is believed that the rejection was on the grounds that the airlines had failed to utilise earlier approvals to import aircraft.
In the meantime, another Indian domestic carrier, Jagson Airlines, is reconsidering plans to acquire two Dornier 328s and is switching its attention to the acquisition of two Hindustan Aeronautics HS.748s.
Purchase of the new 328s would have proved too large a financial burden for the carrier, in spite of its rapidly expanding turnover and growing profit.
Source: Flight International
