Mangalore: There has been slight delay in Air India receiving the turnaround money assured to it by Union Government for the revival of the national carrier.
Once this money is released, Air India will pay the dues that it owes to private airport operators.
Incidentally, the national carrier too has embarked on an internal turnaround plan after years of opprobrium for poor financial management, weak performance and customer dissatisfaction.
In an informal interaction with media persons at Mangalore International Airport here on Monday, Union minister for civil aviation Ajit Singh said the national carrier has by and large sorted out the issue of timely payment of salaries to its staff.
Refuting suggestions that there is delay on this count, Ajit said, "Tell me if anybody is not getting (their salary). There are no such reports and nobody has come to us (with complaints of delay), he said.
18/03/13 Jaideep Shenoy/Times of India
