Kingfisher asked to give details of plans to reconfigure fleet

New Delhi/Hyderabad: Ailing Kingfisher Airlines, which cancelled more than 160 flights over the last six days, has been asked by aviation regulator Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to give details of their plan to reconfigure its fleet to prevent a large-scale flight disruption.
Maintaining that it has received some “interim replies” from liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned carrier, sources in the DGCA said it was awaiting more details as it has been found that the airline was not operating flights as per the approved winter schedule.
Mr Mallya, meanwhile, tweeted: “Every government has gone out of the way to support airlines and connectivity. In India airlines are overtaxed and overcharged. Wonder why?”
In another tweet, he posed: “Is it Kingfisher's duty 2 fly on loss making routes when state governments tax heavily? Or should v be financially prudent n fly profitably”.
Kingfisher, which has been cancelling over 30 flights each day since Monday, had yesterday cancelled 40 services across its network.
12/11/11 Press Trust of India/The Statesman

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