By Staff Correspondent
In advance of the anticipated recommencement of flight operations for the financially distressed Go First Airlines, an audit will be performed by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to evaluate the airline’s readiness for return to service. The details of this impending audit were contained in an internal memo addressed to the employees, which was later reported by Reuters.
DGCA’s audit is slated to take place in the imminent future, with the restart of operations contingent on the regulatory body’s post-audit endorsement, as informed by Rajit Ranjan, the Vice President of Flight Operations, in the memo dispatched on Tuesday evening. The communication also prompted the pilots to be prepared to perform their duties on the day of the audit to ensure an untroubled revival of the airline’s services.
The memo, with its directive to the pilots to be “available for flying so that the relaunch is smooth and we start flying as soon as possible,” comes in the wake of insolvency proceedings that were upheld against Go First by an appeals tribunal. This legal predicament has hampered the ability of airline lessors to reclaim their aircraft.
While there’s no official statement from Go First Chairman Varun Berry at this juncture, the internal communique revealed that the company holds Pratt & Whitney, a subsidiary of Raytheon, responsible for supplying defective engines that disrupted its flight operations. In addition to this, the memo underscored the importance of the government’s involvement in mitigating this situation.