Private airlines owe AAI Rs 304.65 crore

New Delhi: The aviation sector may be on an upswing, but airlines continue to lose money due to manpower issues. Air India and Jet Airways together suffered a loss of Rs127 crore owing to the three strikes by their employees since last year.
The national carrier alone suffered Rs77 crore losses in strikes by pilots and then by employees this May, whereas Jet suffered due to pilot strike. This information was given by civil aviation minister Praful Patel in Parliament Thursday.
In reply to a separate question, the minister said that as on June 30, the total dues of private airlines to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) were Rs304.65 crore.
Kingfisher Airlines was the biggest culprit at Rs184.87 crore followed by Jet Airways (together with JetLite) at Rs50.99 crore. IndiGo, SpiceJet and Go Air owed Rs11.19 crore, Rs11.14 crore and Rs5.29 crore respectively. Paramount owes Rs4.53 crore and others another Rs36.64 crore.
30/07/10 Sindhu Bhattacharya/Daily News & Analysis

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Categories: Airports Jul 2010, Indian Aviation- In General Jul 2010