State-owned oil companies have said they will resume fuel supplies after earlier stopping them to Air India after the cash-strapped national carrier repeatedly defaulted on payment of fuel bills.
Air India was put on cash-and-carry from December, but the airline has not been able to pay for even its daily fuel purchases. The carrier were forced to slash its daily flights.
Five domestic flights in the southern region were cancelled and one international flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Riyadh was being affected following this notice.
Oil companies last week sent a notice for stopping aviation turbine fuel (ATF) supplies to Air India at some airports like Calicut and Jaipur, officials said here.
Air India owes Indian Oil Corp (IOC) about Rs 1,900 crore. IOC meets 63 per cent of Air India's jet fuel needs. The national carrier has run up an outstanding bill of over Rs 300 crore with Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL), while its dues to Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) are relatively small.
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