Agencies
New Delhi, Nov 16: The US State Department has given security clearance to India's Jet Airways, enabling the private carrier to launch flights to America.
The clearance was formally granted to the premier private carrier by the Department of Transportation after the State Department said the airline had passed security, sources said.
The authority of exemption was granted by DoT in favour of Jet Airways, they said.
Jet's plans to launch operations to the US a year ago were upset after an American company of the same name alleged that the Indian carrier had links with terrorist masterminds like Dawood Ibrahim and outfits like al-Qaeda.
It is understood that the US authorities have informed the airline about the clearance granted to it.