Kingfisher Airlines owes Bangalore International Airport about Rs208 crore towards user development and passenger service fees
Bangalore International Airport Ltd on Friday filed a first information report (FIR) against Vijay Mallya and his ailing Kingfisher Airlines for not paying user development and passenger service fees. According to BIAL, Kingfisher Airlines owes them about Rs208 crore.
"We have filed an FIR against Vijay Mallya and Kingfisher Airlines...," Assistant Police Commissioner Kamalpant was quoted by PTI as saying.
The FIR has been registered at BIAL police station on a direction by a magistrate court here, where BIAL had filed the complaint on 21st October, he said, adding that they received the court order yesterday.
In its private criminal complaint, BIAL has sought action under IPC Sections including 403 (dishonest misappropriation of property), 406 (criminal breach of trust), 418 (cheating) and 120 B (criminal conspiracy) with a direction to police to probe the matter.
BIAL contended that Kingfisher Airlines had collected user development fees and passenger service fees from domestic and international passengers during 2008-12, but after initial stage did not remit the money to BIAL as required under a Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) directive.
The DGCA circular of 22 September 2008 said that private airlines should collect user development fees and passenger service fees and remit it to the airport operator.
Hit by financial woes, Kingfisher Airlines has been grounded for the past one year.
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