Kingfisher Airlines receives suspension order from DGCA

Kingfisher Airlines has received an order on October 20, 2012 from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation, Government of India (DGCA) regarding suspension of scheduled operator’s permit. This order received by the cash-strapped airline is not a cancellation but a temporary suspension which is valid only till such time till the company submits a concrete and reliable revival plan to the satisfaction of DGCA.

While the company is examining the order it has maintained that once the issues with the employees are resolved, it will first present resumption plan to DGCA for review, before resuming operations.

The company had in any case suspended operations and closed forward bookings till November 6, 2012. Besides, the airline company is immediately suspending all forward bookings till the time it resumes operations. The company is looking at re-starting its operations at the earliest and is working towards achieving this.