The Civil Aviation Ministry has set up an internal committee to fix the responsibility for accumulation of dues worth about ₹300 crore payable by defunct Kingfisher Airlines to Airports Authority of India (AAI).
“An internal committee has been constituted in AAI, headed by the senior officer, to fix the responsibility of the officials for the accumulation of dues by Kingfisher Airlines and to strengthen the systems and procedures further to ensure prevention of recurrence of such accumulation of dues,” the Civil Aviation Ministry told the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture.
“On receipt of the report of the said internal committee, further action will be taken,” it further added. In return, the Committee has told the Ministry to take “strict action” against erring AAI officials.
Facing financial woes, the airline had to shut down in 2012.
The defunct airline is supposed to pay dues worth ₹295 crore towards AAI till December 2016. The national airports operator has also filed a suit against the carrier to recover the dues. The committee had pulled up AAI saying it had allowed the airline to accumulate high level of dues in “violation of existing rules.”
