A day after the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) asked cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines not to shut down operations in Kolkata, an important gateway to the North East, the airline resumed operations in the city this morning.
While Kingfisher started four flights from Kolkata to the North East, flight cancellations in other cities continued with 14 flights being cancelled in Mumbai and four in the Delhi.
Reuters
On Tuesday, the DGCA pulled up the airline for the sudden disruption in flights and asked the airline to come up with a revised schedule. Kingfisher will submit its detailed revised plan to the regulator today.
Sources have also told CNBC-TV 18 that the Income-Tax department may de-freeze Kingfisher’s bank accounts after the airline agreed to make part payment of its dues.
The carrier is slated to pay Rs 43 crore service tax dues by March 2012 and owes as much as Rs 53.8 crore for financial year 2011 to the I-T department and Rs 100 crore for financial year 2012.