Mumbai: Kingfisher Airlines, which used to operate out of domestic Terminal 1A of the city airport was served an eviction notice by Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) a week ago. The airline, which owes Rs 22 crore to the airport operator, has been rented out offices and check-in desks at the said terminal. The development casts doubts on Kingfisher's ability to resume operations as the airport operator has already started the process of getting another airline to move its operations to Terminal 1A.
While an MIAL source said that Kingfisher did not respond to their eviction notice, an official from the airline, while confirming that they did get a notice from MIAL, added that they had replied to the said notice. "We do not need all that space anyway since we have scaled down our operations. So, we were in the process of voluntarily handing over some of the rented space back to MIAL,'' the official added. Kingfisher and the MIAL spokesperson refused to comment on the development.
03/12/12 Manju V/Times of India
