New Delhi: Kingfisher Airlines flights were severely affected across the country on Monday as sections of its engineers went on strike protesting against non-payment of wages for the past seven months.
According to airport sources, there were no departures from either Delhi or Mumbai. This industrial action by sections of the airline’s staff left a number of passengers stranded.
In Delhi, Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh told newspersons that the airline will not be allowed to operate an aircraft till it has been certified as safe by its engineers. “The Government, however, is not in the business of shutting down any business. But they will have to meet the safety requirements, apart from meeting the minimum requirement of having five aircraft and the prescribed paid-up equity capital,” Singh said.
The Minister added that the airline’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are to meet the Director-General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday.
01/10/12 Business Line
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According to airport sources, there were no departures from either Delhi or Mumbai. This industrial action by sections of the airline’s staff left a number of passengers stranded.
In Delhi, Minister for Civil Aviation Ajit Singh told newspersons that the airline will not be allowed to operate an aircraft till it has been certified as safe by its engineers. “The Government, however, is not in the business of shutting down any business. But they will have to meet the safety requirements, apart from meeting the minimum requirement of having five aircraft and the prescribed paid-up equity capital,” Singh said.
The Minister added that the airline’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer are to meet the Director-General of Civil Aviation on Tuesday.
01/10/12 Business Line
