Thursday, October 04, 2012

DGCA seeking legal opinion on cancelling Kingfisher Airlines license: Ajit Singh

New Delhi/Mumbai: Spelling fresh trouble for Kingfisher Airlines, aviation regulator DGCA is likely to issue a show-cause notice asking why its flying license should not be suspended or cancelled.
This is being contemplated after the ailing carrier grounded all operations and extended lockout till October 12 after failing to resolve with striking engineers and pilots to the deadlock over non-payment of salaries for last seven months.
"The (Kingfisher) management has declared a lockout. DGCA is looking into legal issues and intends to issue a show-cause notice on suspension or cancellation of license. He (DGCA chief) intends to go ahead with the notice," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh told reporters.
He said the aviation regulator was studying the implications of the strike by the employees of the airline, which has grounded the fleet for safety reasons.
05/10/12 PTI/Economic Times

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