New Delhi/Mumbai: Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh on Friday again made it clear that Kingfisher Airlines cannot fly until it satisfies all the mandatory safety norms.
“In order to give them (Kingfisher Airlines) permission to fly again, they have to satisfy the DGCA (Directorate-General of Civil Aviation) on all safety issues,” Singh told reporters as the airline extended its lockout for another week.
Asked whether the airline’s licence will be cancelled if it failed to meet the safety parameters, Singh said: “We will have to see the legality of the move to suspend or cancel their licence.”
The airline declared a partial lockout Oct 1 after a flash strike by employees. Talks between the management and the striking employees over payment of pending dues failed Thursday.
“We regret that the illegal strike has still not been withdrawn and normalcy has not been restored in the company,” said Prakash Mirpuri, vice president, corporate communications, Kingfisher Airlines.
Scores of disgruntled employees, including pilots, engineers and technicians, took out a procession in Mumbai Friday to the airline’s Mumbai office demanding pending salaries and other dues.
“We are making three demands – salary, salary, salary.
Everything will be normal as soon as the management clears our pending dues since we are not able to run our households,” a pilot taking part in the procession told IANS. (IANS)
