The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) will conduct an audit of Go First to check its preparedness before giving the green signal for the resumption of flights.

``DGCA will be conducting an audit to check our preparedness in the coming days. Once approved by the regulator, we would be soon commencing operations,” an email sent by the airline management to its staff said.

The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has allowed the airline to retain its aircraft and resume operations as a going concern. The crisis-hit airline stopped flying from May 3.

The email sent out by Go First’s head of operations Rajit Ranjan said the CEO has assured the salaries for April will be credited to their accounts before the commencement of operations.

``Further, from the coming month, the salary will be paid in the 1st week of every month,” the email said. It told the employees that as part of their readiness programme, there will be a four-hour refresher on monsoon operations and performance. ``You are requested to be available for flying so that the relaunch is smooth and we start flying as soon as possible,’’ the email added.

A PTI report quoting a senior official at the DGCA said the airline has submitted its response to the regulator’s show cause notice indicating that it is working on the details of a plan to resume flights at the earliest.

On Monday, the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) upheld NCLT’s decision to admit Go First’s plea for voluntary insolvency resolution proceedings.

The NCLAT on Wednesday directed the three aircraft lessors to approach the NCLT over their claims for possession of aircraft, whose leases were terminated by them before the initiation of insolvency proceedings against the Wadia group entity. The appellate tribunal directed Accipiter Investments Aircraft 2, Eos Aviation 12 (Ireland) and ACG Aircraft Leasing Ireland to go to the NCLT over the applicability of the moratorium on their aircraft.

“The facts and submissions raised in these appeals are same as has been considered and decided by our judgment and order dated May 22, 2023” hence these “also deserve to be decided in the same terms”, the NCLAT said.