Major domestic airlines owe around 250 crore to AAI: Govt

New Delhi: Government on Tuesday said that the major domestic airlines owe around Rs 250 crore to the Airport Authority of India (AAI) for using its facilities at different airports across the country.
"The amount due from major private airlines as on June 30 is: Go Airlines- Rs 1,335.82 lakhs, Interglobe Aviation Limited - Rs 989.91 lakhs, Jet Airways Rs 3,309.12 lakhs, Jet Lite (India)- Rs 1,418.42 lakhs, Kingfisher Airlines- Rs 14,968.70 lakhs, Paramount Airways-Rs 1,300.76 lakhs and Spicejet Limited- Rs 1,655.28 lakhs," Civil Aviation Minister Praful Patel said in a written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
He said invoice for airport charges are raised on fortnightly basis against the airlines and 15 days credit is allowed to the private domestic airlines against security deposit equivalent to their two-month billing.
28/07/09 PTI/Economic Times

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