But defunct airline Jet Airways is unlikely to get its AOP - dormant now - within the next six months, the official added. Jet, in bankruptcy court since 2019, got new owners, the Jalan-Kalrock Consortium, last year.
Akasa, registered as SNV Aviation, received its initial regulatory approval, the no-objection certificate on October 11 and has applied for the AOP.
Aditya Ghosh, IndiGo Airline's former president, is Akasa's co-founder.
Jet Airways' flying licence, or AOP, was made dormant months after it stopped flying in April 2019. The airline's new owners will have to re-apply to get it activated.
They have not done it yet, the official said.
"We had called them once to submit their business plan. They never came for the meeting. I believe the plans are stuck internally," the official added.
Akasa's AOP application is "in process", a senior executive at the airline said, without elaborating.
A spokesperson for Jet Airways did not respond to queries until press time Sunday.
In September, the new owners of Jet - a consortium of London's Kalrock Capital and Dubai-based Indian businessman Murari Lal Jalan - deferred commencement of operations of the bankrupt airline for the fourth time in a year. In a statement, they said the airline aims to start operations between January and March.
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