OMCs not to extend Air India’s fuel restriction to other airports

New Delhi: Public sector oil marketing companies — Indian Oil Corp (IOCL), Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) — that have restricted aviation fuel supply to Air India Ltd at six domestic tier two airports due to non payment of dues to the tune of ₹5,000 crore by the national carrier, will not extend this to other airports, two officials with OMCs told Mint.

“Our idea is not to cause inconvenience but claim our dues that run very high at the moment. Air India had been buying time for the past six months on some pretext or the other such as elections, parliament sessions etc. But we are not in a position to give any more extension now,” said one of the officials mentioned above, who’s an official with one of the above mentioned OMCs.