Airlines face Rs 1200 cr AAI bill

New Delhi: Indian and foreign air carriers owe the Airports Authority of India (AAI) Rs1,200 crore, with the national carrier Air India and its subsidiary owing over half of the total sum at about Rs640 crore.
Air India subsidiary, Alliance Air , owes Rs32.89 crore, civil aviation minister Praful Patel has informed the Upper House . The cumulative dues of all private airlines are about Rs375.13 crore, of which Kingfisher , owned by tycoon Vijay Mallya, owes the major share of Rs224.82 crore to the AAI. The combined dues of Jet Airways and JetLite stood at Rs50.36 crore, while those of SpiceJet were at Rs12.79 crore, IndiGo Rs7.27 crore, GoAir Rs5.47 crore and Paramount Rs4.58 crore. Other private carriers, including charter companies, owed a combined total of Rs69.84 crore. International airlines operating in India, too, owed the Authority a total of Rs161.20 crore, of which Emirates , an airline based in the Middle-East, has to pay Rs19 crore, Mr Patel said in a written reply.
11/10/11 Economic Times

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