Govt committed to disinvestment of Air India
PTI, Jul 11, 2019, 3:01 PM IST
New Delhi: The government is committed to disinvestment of Air India but wants the national carrier to remain in Indian hands, Lok Sabha was informed on Thursday.
Responding to a series of supplementaries during Question Hour, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri also said though Air India is doing “extremely well”, the debt burden on the carrier is “unsustainable”.
When Jet ended its operations, there were 540 aircraft with Indian carriers and the number now stands at 570-580 and new planes are being introduced every month.
Manish Tewari (Cong) wanted to know why the government was disinvesting Air India when it was dong well. Puri said the debt burden of the airline was a major reason the Centre wanted to disinvest it.
He said the previous attempt to disinvest the carrier could not succeed. But now the government has learnt lessons and mechanism will ensure the move this time.
He also said the government wants the airline to remain in Indian hands and the disinvestment mechanism will take care of the details.
The minister also informed the House that when the Pakistan airspace was closed following a stand off between the two countries, Air India had to spend an extra Rs 430 crore on longer routes.
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