The
International Air Transport Association (IATA) is in talks with the crisis-hit
Kingfisher Airlines to revoke its suspension from the apex body for the global
airline industry, its head Tony Tyler said Thursday.
Tyler
said they were discussing with Kingfisher on the terms on which it can be
reinstated in to the system.
The
Geneva-based IATA last week suspended the beleaguered private airline from the
global carrier-to-carrier account clearing system following non-payment of
dues.
"The
difficulties of Kingfisher are well known. We had to suspend Kingfisher from the
travel agency clearing house. It is necessary to protect the whole system. It is
the system we operate on behalf of hundreds of airlines," Tyler told reporters
on the sidelines of India Aviation 2012 here.
He
said the suspension of Kingfisher from the clearing house was not unprecedented
as the airlines failed to meet the obligations in terms of payment.
He
hoped that the debt-ridden airlines would come back to normal by overcoming
difficulties.
To
a query, he said it was for the Indian government to decide on whether to
intervene in the Kingfisher affairs.
Civil
aviation minister Ajit Singh Wednesday ruled out the possibility of bailing out
the airline.
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