KFA making every effort to restart operations: Vijay Mallya

After its employees threatened to move the court, Kingfisher Airlines finally revealed of its plans to restart operations by end of March. The management, in a letter to the employees revealed, "We have submitted a detailed restart plan to the DGCA which is in two parts. The first part deals with a limited re-start utilising 7 aircraft ramping up to 21 aircraft in 4 months. The second part is a full scale rehabilitation of our airline growing to 57 aircraft within 12 months of recapitalisation".

The letter did not have details on how the eight month salary dues of the employees were to be cleared. But it did mention that, "both plans contain detailed information on key assumptions and funding requirements, including payment of outstanding salaries to employees." The airlines' plans to invest Rs 650 crore as part of its revival plan.

A senior DGCA official revealed that the government is not satisfied with Kingfisher Airlines' plans to invest Rs 650 crore to resume its operations as it may not guarantee an efficient and reliable service. "We want an airline to operate in consistent, efficient and reliable manner. The revival plan, which was submitted by the airline, had lots of issues regarding lenders, staff payment which we felt may not lead to reliable services. The plan had no provision for payment of airport operators, who want their dues to be paid before the airlines starts flying again," the official said.

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