Five private airlines, including those which have closed down, have nearly Rs 357 crore as dues pending towards Airport Authority of India.
Jet Airlines, Jetlite Airlines, Spicejet, Kingfisher Airlines and defunct Paramount Airways have pending dues of Rs 357.39 crore, says data provided by the AAI in response to an RTI application.
The figures available as on March 31 show that the largest sum of dues were pending against Kingfisher Airlines which owes Rs 175.30 crore towards the authority which is followed by Jet Airlines with Rs 80.38 crore, Spicejet with Rs 80.17 crore, Jetlite Airlines with Rs 19.76 crore and Paramount Airways with Rs 1.75 crore as on March 31 as per a PTI report.
The authority said it is taking action for litigation against Kingfisher Airlines and Paramount Airways for realising its pending dues.
In its comment, Kingfisher Airlines spokesperson said, "As a matter of policy, we do not publicly comment on supplier and partner relationships."
In the cases of Jet Airlines, Jetlite Airlines and Spicejet, the authority said it is pursuing the cases with respective airlines through "continuous correspondence being pursued at airport/region/CHQ level for realisation of dues."
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