DGCA asks Go First to submit a revival plan within 30 days

The DGCA has demanded that Go First submit a “comprehensive” revival plan within 30 after the regulator found the airline’s response to its showcause notice dissatisfactory.

The DGCA has asked Go First to submit a “comprehensive” revival plan within 30 days after the regulator was dissatisfied with the airline’s response to its showcause notice merely professing interest in restart of operations.

“The DGCA has advised the airline on 24.05.2023 to submit, within a period of 30 days, a comprehensive restructuring/revival plan for a sustainable revival of operations,” the safety regulator said in a press statement.

The airline has been asked to furnish details of availability of operational aircraft fleet, pilots and other personnel required, maintenance arrangements, as well as funding being raised and arrangements with lessors and vendors.

A senior DGCA official explained that the latest communication followed Go First’s response to its show-cause notice on May 22, which was found to be “open-ended” as it merely professed an interest in resumption of flights without committing to timelines.

The airline had also expressed that it would like to use the moratorium period to prepare such a plan for revival and submit it to the DGCA for regulatory approvals. To a question on whether the DGCA will also be auditing the airline before recommencement of flights, the official said “we will take a view on that later.”

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