SpiceJet Owes Over 14 Million Dirhams: Dubai Ground Handler Halts Check-In, Four Flights Cancelled and Aircraft Ferried Back to India
Check-in for most SpiceJet departures at Dubai International Airport was suspended on November 12 after ground handler dnata halted services over unpaid dues, and four of the Indian low-cost carrier's flights to India were cancelled that day. According to multiple Indian media reports, SpiceJet owed more than 14 million UAE dirhams (about US$3.8 million) and had made no payment since October 13.
The cancelled flights had been bound for Amritsar, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi, and the aircraft later returned to India as non-commercial ferry flights. Only two earlier flights were allowed to check in and depart that day, for Ahmedabad and Delhi. Reports said the Dubai Civil Aviation Authority asked SpiceJet to arrange alternative travel and accommodation for stranded passengers and summoned its local station manager over the airline's failure to notify passengers of the cancellations in good time. SpiceJet said it was working with the relevant authorities to resolve the payment dispute and that it had adequate bank guarantee cover in place.
The disruption is the latest episode in SpiceJet's financial distress. Reports say the airline now has only about 12 operational aircraft, three of them grounded over non-payment to lessors; that it owes money to lessors, oil marketing companies, airport operators and ground handlers and operates largely on a cash-and-carry basis; and that employees have not been paid since June. Its share of India's domestic market fell to 0.6% in September.
(Source: IANS)
Source: IANS
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Photo: 图：印度香料航空客机资料图。照片：Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon 摄，CC BY-SA 4.0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: File photo of a SpiceJet aircraft. Photo by Md Shaifuzzaman Ayon, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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