New Delhi: The Jalan-Kalrock Consortium, new promoters of the beleaguered Jet Airways, on Thursday said that the scheduled services of the airline will start soon. ”The restart activities are progressing well,” the consortium said in a statement. “We are working closely with the Ministry of Civil Aviation, Government of India, and the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on the approval process and timelines for proving flight, following which the Air Operator Certificate (AOC) of Jet Airways will be re-validated. The resumption of scheduled services will follow soon thereafter,” the Jet Team said. ”Restarting an airline is a complex exercise that must be done meticulously, in coordination with the Regulatory Authorities and we are well underway with the process. The timeline reflects the typical duration of an AOC process; however, we fully expect to have the proving flight and AOC well in advance of the field timelines,” the statement said. The consortium said the extension of timeline has nothing to do with where the aircrafts are registered and deregistered or the cost of leasing. There is no regulatory requirement of taking an aircraft outside India for the purposes of re-registration, it said. The consortium said it is working with multiple aircraft lessors as well as aircraft manufacturers to source aircraft that will be inducted into the Jet Airways fleet over the next three to five years. UNI AKM RKM