NEW DELHI: It is a cheerful Eid for Air India’s (AI) flying staff. The airline has paid July’s flying allowance to pilots — which incorporates virtually 70 consistent with cent of their overall pay.
AI is dealing with a serious coins crunch due to which payment of salaries has been behind schedule for five months now. “Salary and flying allowance delay has been tormenting us for months and (we) are committed to resolving the issue,” the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA, union of erstwhile Indian Airlines’ pilots) mentioned in a letter to its participants.
The union had a few week again threatened to stop flying if the flying allowance wasn’t paid. However in wake of the serious herbal calamity in Kerala, they had put any industrial action on dangle and had offered to do as many aid flights as wanted. “Our center goes out to our fellow brothers and sisters in Kerala who are struggling with the serious herbal calamity of remarkable flooding. Kerala is reeling below the worst herbal calamity it has faced in nearly a century… We as a union want to lengthen our cooperation that may lend a hand in support our fellow voters and lengthen any cooperation that may lend a hand lessen the pain in Kerala,” ICPA common secretary Captain T Praveen Keerthi mentioned in a letter to the PM remaining Saturday.
Given its monetary place, Air India will take a mortgage to do debt servicing of about Rs 560 crore due early September.
The Centre has agreed to present Rs 980 crore as equity infusion to the airline and also give sovereign ensure for elevating 2,000 crore as mortgage, mentioned a source. The mix of this equity-cum-debt will give cash-strapped AI about Rs three,000 crore and be capable to meet its quick necessities. And most importantly keep away from a default subsequent month.
AI had sought Rs 2,121 crore equity infusion from the state after the failed divestment bid. The government had lately sought parliament popularity of giving Rs 980 crore within the current fiscal. “Further equity infusion this fiscal will wish to be licensed through Parliament within the wintry weather session,” mentioned a source. After the divestment bid had flopped, the federal government had revived a ensure for Rs 1,000-crore mortgage (which were revoked through banks previous). The new ensure for Rs 2,000 crore is on most sensible of this revived ensure.
AI was once intended to get Rs 2,500 crore this fiscal as equity however has up to now given handiest Rs 650 crore on the presumption that the Maharaja gets a purchaser. The airline has up to now received Rs 27,195.2 crore as equity infusion below the turn around plan (TAP) and monetary restructuring plan (FRP) licensed through UPA-II in 2012. Its debt is over Rs 50,000 crore.
AI is dealing with a serious coins crunch due to which payment of salaries has been behind schedule for five months now. “Salary and flying allowance delay has been tormenting us for months and (we) are committed to resolving the issue,” the Indian Commercial Pilots' Association (ICPA, union of erstwhile Indian Airlines’ pilots) mentioned in a letter to its participants.
The union had a few week again threatened to stop flying if the flying allowance wasn’t paid. However in wake of the serious herbal calamity in Kerala, they had put any industrial action on dangle and had offered to do as many aid flights as wanted. “Our center goes out to our fellow brothers and sisters in Kerala who are struggling with the serious herbal calamity of remarkable flooding. Kerala is reeling below the worst herbal calamity it has faced in nearly a century… We as a union want to lengthen our cooperation that may lend a hand in support our fellow voters and lengthen any cooperation that may lend a hand lessen the pain in Kerala,” ICPA common secretary Captain T Praveen Keerthi mentioned in a letter to the PM remaining Saturday.
Given its monetary place, Air India will take a mortgage to do debt servicing of about Rs 560 crore due early September.
The Centre has agreed to present Rs 980 crore as equity infusion to the airline and also give sovereign ensure for elevating 2,000 crore as mortgage, mentioned a source. The mix of this equity-cum-debt will give cash-strapped AI about Rs three,000 crore and be capable to meet its quick necessities. And most importantly keep away from a default subsequent month.
AI had sought Rs 2,121 crore equity infusion from the state after the failed divestment bid. The government had lately sought parliament popularity of giving Rs 980 crore within the current fiscal. “Further equity infusion this fiscal will wish to be licensed through Parliament within the wintry weather session,” mentioned a source. After the divestment bid had flopped, the federal government had revived a ensure for Rs 1,000-crore mortgage (which were revoked through banks previous). The new ensure for Rs 2,000 crore is on most sensible of this revived ensure.
AI was once intended to get Rs 2,500 crore this fiscal as equity however has up to now given handiest Rs 650 crore on the presumption that the Maharaja gets a purchaser. The airline has up to now received Rs 27,195.2 crore as equity infusion below the turn around plan (TAP) and monetary restructuring plan (FRP) licensed through UPA-II in 2012. Its debt is over Rs 50,000 crore.
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