Mumbai: A year after Kingfisher Airlines shut operations, at least six engineers of a foreign aircraft lease company are at work at the city airport repairing two aircraft to fly them back to their home country.
The aircraft, which have been parked at the airport for long, were leased by the foreign firm to Kingfisher, said sources.
In June 2012, the airport operator dragged Kingfisher Airlines to court after cheques worth Rs30 crore issued by the airline to the airport operator bounced. At the time, Kingfisher owed the airport operator Rs 60 crore, said sources.
A spokesperson of Mumbai International Airport Limited, refused to comment.
Sources said that of nine aircraft belonging to Kingfisher Airlines which were until recently parked at the airport, five have been taken back by the other companies which leased the aircraft to Kingfisher. Two private jets are parked at the airport as they were impounded by tax authorities earlier this year while two others are being repaired.
08/11/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
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The aircraft, which have been parked at the airport for long, were leased by the foreign firm to Kingfisher, said sources.
In June 2012, the airport operator dragged Kingfisher Airlines to court after cheques worth Rs30 crore issued by the airline to the airport operator bounced. At the time, Kingfisher owed the airport operator Rs 60 crore, said sources.
A spokesperson of Mumbai International Airport Limited, refused to comment.
Sources said that of nine aircraft belonging to Kingfisher Airlines which were until recently parked at the airport, five have been taken back by the other companies which leased the aircraft to Kingfisher. Two private jets are parked at the airport as they were impounded by tax authorities earlier this year while two others are being repaired.
08/11/13 Shahkar Abidi/Daily News & Analysis
