The government today said that outstanding payment of over Rs 4,000 crore are due against various national, domestic and foreign airlines till June this year as per a PTI report.

"Pursuant to issuance of notice by the Airports Authority of India (AAI), the dues have been settled by the airlines. Major defaulting airlines which did not settle their dues even after issuance of notice are Air India Limited and Kingfisher Airlines," Civil Aviation Minister Vayalar Ravi told Lok Sabha in a written reply. 

Efforts are being made by Airports Authority of India to recover the said dues expeditiously, Ravi said while disclosing the names of airlines against which landing, parking and other charges are outstanding. The data given by the Minister was compiled till June 30 this year. 

The national carriers, including Air India and Pawan Hans Limited, have a total due of Rs 847.60 crore, domestic airlines Rs 348.62 crore and foreign airlines had a total due of Rs 1417.89 crore. The total dues stand at Rs 4031.98 crore, during the same period. 

Amongst domestic fliers Kingfisher Airlines has a due of Rs 205.18 crore, while Jet Airways has a due of Rs 38.35 crore. Emirates has a due of Rs 13.99 crore and Quatar Airways has a pending amount of Rs 9.51 crore.