Air India clearing its dues owed to private airport operators: Ajit Singh

The author has posted comments on this articleJaideep Shenoy, TNN | Mar 18, 2013, 05.23PM IST

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.

Admitting that there is some backlog, which he did not off hand quantify, Ajit said, "Every month we are taking care of some of the backlog (in terms of salary dues)." Referring to the issue of promotions of Air India staff held up for the past three to four years, Ajit said the process is on.

"They will start getting their promotions in the next month or so," the minister said, adding that a promotion board has been set up to take care of this issue.

Parrying a question on dues owed by various airlines, including the now grounded Kingfisher Airlines to the Airports Authority of India (AAI), Ajit Singh said, "Please ask the question to VP Agrawal, chairman, AAI."

Agrawal who was present on this occasion chose not to answer. Private airlines, including those that have closed down, have a due of over Rs 526 crore towards Airports Authority of India (AAI), as on December 31 last year.

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