Cash trapped Kingfisher Airlines will need to
have a “concrete” plan for operating the carrier. The civil aviation minister
Ajit Singh said that KFA will have to satisfy the Directorate General of Civil
Aviation (DGCA) on all aspects, including safety, surety of continuation of
hassle-free operations and clearance of dues.
Speaking to the media on the matter, Singh said,
“the DGCA has issued a show cause notice to Kingfisher Airlines to let us know
what their concrete plans are and not just that they will get investments from
here and there. Tell us a concrete plan on how you will pay salaries and how
you will make arrangements to run the airlines.”
He further said that the airline would have to
satisfactorily ensure the aviation regulator that “there will be no safety
issues and there will be no problems due to the financial crisis.”
In the show cause notice issued to Kingfisher
Airlines on Friday, DGCA has asked the airlines to explain ‘why its flying
licence should not be suspended or cancelled, as it had grounded its entire
fleet and failed to offer safe, efficient and reliable service’. The regulator
has given KFA 15 days to reply to the notice.
“It (licence cancellation) will depend on what
reply Kingfisher gives and DGCA will decide that,” Singh said
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