Kingfisher vitually blames I-T for flight disruptions

New Delhi: Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines today virtually blamed the Income Tax authorities for the large-scale flight disruptions, saying freezing of its bank accounts by them had “severely affected” payment schedules that had led to the curtailment in its services.
“The prime reason for the current disruption in our flight schedules is the sudden attachment of our bank accounts by the I-T department. This has severely affected our ability to make operational payments leading to the present curtailment,” an airline spokesperson said in a statement.
It said the employees' “salaries can be paid and the grounded aircraft can be recovered quicker once the bank accounts are unfrozen and the schedule restored on priority.”
The spokesperson said the company was in talks with the I-T authorities “to agree (on) a payment plan and get the bank accounts unfrozen at the earliest. We are appealing to them to see reason that inconvenience to the travelling public is not in anybody's interests.”
20/02/12 Press Trust of India/The Statesman

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