DGCA finally suspends Kingfisher Airlines licence

The airline, under a lockout since October 1 and resultant suspension of entire operations, had on Friday sought more time to respond to the DGCA's show-cause notice

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The aviation regulator DGCA on Saturday suspended the flying licence of beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines for failing to come up with a viable plan for its financial and operational revival and resolve the impasse with its employees over payment of their salary dues.

Suspension of flying licence implies an immediate halt to all bookings on the entire Kingfisher network as well as through travel agents, the officials said.

The liquor baron Vijay Mallya-owned carrier has been saddled with a loss of Rs. 8,000 crore and a debt burden of another over Rs. 7,524 crore, a large part of which it has not serviced since January. The airline currently has only 10 operational aircraft compared to 66 a year ago.

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