Dues of 4 major airlines to AAI more than doubled in Feb-July period

Dues of four major domestic airlines — IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir and AirAsia India –to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) have more than doubled between February and July amid the coronavirus pandemic, senior officials said.

However, the domestic airline that owes the highest amount of dues to the AAI is Air India. The national carrier’s dues to the AAI increased by 2.75 per cent to Rs 2,258.27 crore in this period, the officials noted.

An airline has to pay various charges like air navigation, landing, parking etc to the AAI to use facilities at any of its more than 100 airports. Both Air India and the AAI work under the Civil Aviation Ministry.