Airlines owe Rs 1,101 cr to AAI

New Delhi: The developers of public and private airports are not getting their dues from the airlines on time because some of the carriers are not settling their dues, the Minister for Civil Aviation, Mr Praful Patel, informed Parliament on Tuesday.
The airlines owe Airports Authority of India (AAI) Rs 1101.97 crore, including Rs 739.50 crore by Air India and Rs 286.62 crore by Air Deccan and Kingfisher. Similarly, Jet Airways and Jetlite together owe Rs 32.78 crore, Spicejet ( Rs 15.76 crore), Paramount Airways ( Rs 12.50 crore), Interglobe Aviation (Rs 6 crore) and Go Air (Rs 8.81 crore).
Airlines owe Mumbai International Airport Ltd more than Rs 85.76 crore, while Hyderabad International Airport Ltd (HIAL) dues from airlines stand at Rs 48.75 crore as on date and Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL) has outstanding dues of Rs 41 crore from the airlines, the Minister said.
In the case of Mumbai airport, Air India owes Rs 52.90 crore, Kingfisher Airlines (Rs 9.05 crore) Jet Airways (Rs 6.80 crore), Kingfisher/Air Deccan (Rs 5.06 crore), Go Air (Rs. 2.29 crore) Air India Charters Ltd (Rs 0.80 crore), Lufthansa (Rs 0.80 crore), Jetlite (Rs 0.71crore), Malaysia Airlines (Rs 0.63 crore), Emirates (Rs. 0.61 crore).
The Minister said that the Government has given instructions to AAI to take all possible steps, including legal action, if warranted against the defaulting airlines.
24/12/08 Business Line

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Categories: Airports Dec 2008, Indian Aviation- In General Dec 2008