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Its Not Black Money Dumped In Foreign Banks,Its White Rs 2,739 cr,AirLines Not Paying

[New Delhi]It Is Not Black Money Dumped In Foreign Banks But It Is White Rs 2,739 cr Which Air Lines Are Not Paying
Domestic and foreign carriers owed airport usage fee dues worth Rs 2,739 crore to the Airports Authority of India (AAI) at the end of March 2015, the government said today.
Out of the total, national carrier Air India and its subsidiaries owed the maximum of Rs 1,963 crore. Other carriers include SpiceJet+ Jet Airways+Jet Lite (India)+ IndiGo+ Go Air.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union Minister Mahesh Sharma said AAI has taken various measures to recover the dues such as charging interest on outstanding dues of delayed bills.
Various airlines were to pay airport usage fee worth Rs 2,738.87 crore to AAI at the end of March 2015, with “national carriers” owing Rs 1,962.92 crore, according to Sharma.
At that time,
foreign airlines owed Rs 388.93 crore while the domestic private carriers, including
SpiceJet and Jet Airways, had to pay Rs 387.02 crore.
However, the Minister did not disclose the names of the foreign airlines.
Besides, airlines that had to clear the dues at that time included
Go Air (Rs 32 crore),
Indigo Airlines (Rs 19.81 crore)
Air Asia (Rs 1.29 crore). Without taking names, Sharma said other private airlines owed Rs 96.85 crore to AAI.