Jet Airway's unpaid fuel bills up 65% in first half of FY12

25 Nov 2011 Evaluate

Jet Airways, the nation's largest privateairline, saw its unpaid jet fuel bills rise by over 65% to Rs 849 crore in thefirst six months of the 2011-12 financial year, while the dues of KingfisherAirlines grew by less than 4% during the same period. Jet Airways owed Rs849.15 crore in unpaid jet fuel bills to state-owned oil firms as of September30, a 65% from increase from a Rs 514.68 crore outstanding as of March 31, 2011.In comparison,cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines saw its outstanding rise by Rs 24.21 crore toRs 636.79 crore in the first half of the current fiscal.

Kingfisher owes all of its outstanding duesto Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL), while Jet owed Indian Oil Corp (IOC) Rs695.90 crore and Rs 153.24 crore to Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL) as ofSeptember 30, 2011. The public sector oil marketing companies (OMCs) supplyaviation turbine fuel (ATF) to private airlines as per mutually agreed commercialterms. In case airlines fail to pay their dues, OMCs take action for recoveryof dues in line with the mutually-agreed commercial terms. Defaulting airlinesare also put on 'cash-and-carry' and interest is recovered on overdue payments.The total outstanding dues of airlines to oil firms have risen by 28% to Rs1,639.38 crore as of September 30, 2011, from Rs 1,279.9 crore at the end ofthe 2010-11 fiscal. The outstanding amount was Rs 1,851.81 crore on March 31,2010.

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