Kingfisher Disruptions

• Kingfisher Airlines submits revival plan to regulator, seeks nod to fly again

  The airline, which has been grounded since October 2012 following unrest by employees and a subsequent disruption in its flight schedules, plans to resume operations with 5 Airbus and 2 ATR flights.

• Kingfisher employees to get salary dues soon: Vijay Mallya

  The assurance came a day after a section of employees threatened to disrupt the matches of Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB), owned by Mr. Mallya, in the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL).

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  Kingfisher employees ask BCCI not to allow RCB to participate in IPL 6

  Kingfisher employees have threatened to disrupt IPL matches of the Royal Challenger Bangalore (RCB), the team owned by Mr Mallya.

• Kingfisher Airlines employees threaten to disrupt IPL matches

  Frustrated over not getting salary for last 10 months, Kingfisher Airlines employees today asked the government to prosecute promoter Vijay Mallya and threatened to disrupt IPL matches.

• Sorting out disruption in flight schedules: Vijay Mallya

  Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya today said that the airline spoke to pilots and the matter was being sorted out.

• Aviation regulator directs Kingfisher to come up with revised schedule

  Kingfisher Airlines has been given time till tomorrow to come up with a revised schedule for its operating aircraft. Out of Kingfisher's 64 aircraft, 28 are operational. The airline's CEO Sanjay Agarwal met the aviation regulator today, the Director General of Civil Aviation or DGCA, to explain the large-scale disruption of operations and the reaso...

• Frozen accounts led to flight cancellations, says Kingfisher

  The debt-laden carrier on Monday clarified that it has had to cancel a large number of flights because of non-payment of operational expenses after its bank accounts were frozen by tax authorities last week. Employee salaries would be paid and payments to recover grounded planes will be possible only after the bank accounts are unfrozen.

• Kingfisher cancels 30 flights, says accounts need to be unfrozen

  Kingfisher cancelled 30 flights today, most of them out of Mumbai, but said it is now offering passengers a full refund. After a weekend when nearly 50 per cent of its flights were cancelled, gone were the lame excuses about aircraft being grounded by bird hits.

• Kingfisher cancels 16 more flights, will it be penalized?

  An alarmed Directorate General of Civil Aviation has said it is gathering information on the cancellations and delays of Kingfisher flights and will decide whether to initiate any action against the carrier. The DGCA says that if the reports are true, such large-scale flight disruption would constitute a violation of rules.

• Kingfisher cancels 16 more flights, will it be penalised?

  Hundreds of passengers booked on Kingfisher flights are stranded, with the cash-strapped carrier cancelling 12 flights out of Mumbai and four of Delhi early this morning. There were large-scale cancellations over the weekend too and could land the airline in trouble with the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).

• Kingfisher Airlines grounds more flights, passengers suffer

  Passengers of Kingfisher Airlines suffered severe hardship today as the beleaguered carrier cancelled several flights from some key cities and completely shut down operations from Kolkata, including international flights, for about ten days.

• Kingfisher airline wants help from Govt to avoid disruption

  Kingfisher Airlines has sought government help on extending the time for bank repayment and credit for fuel

• Kingfisher flights disrupted as oil firms stop fuel supply?

  Flights of Kingfisher Airline were disrupted in some major cities, including Delhi, this evening after oil companies stopped jet fuel supplies to the private air carrier for non-payment of dues. Hundreds of passengers were put to hardship after at least eight flights including one on the international sector were delayed or cancelled. ...

• Six Kingfisher flights cancelled as oil companies stop fuel supply

  Flights of Kingfisher Airlines were disrupted this evening and at least six of them were "delayed" apparently due to stoppage of fuel supply by oil companies over non-payment of dues.