No takers, ‘burden on government’: Alliance Air gets a Mayday call for burning taxpayers’ money.
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Synopsis
Alliance Air’s north-east operations cost taxpayers INR6 crore per month. The aviation ministry has asked the airline, which is on the block, to submit a roadmap to address this situation. The question is: will this affect its flight to find a suitor?
In January 2012, when Religare group-promoted Air Mantra became the first company to land a civilian aircraft at Kargil airport, hundreds had gathered to witness the historic moment even though mercury had dropped to -20 degrees. Once the 17-seater plane carrying Jammu & Kashmir’s then chief minister Omar Abdullah came to a halt, the now-extinct airline’s CEO Sandeep Bhatt made an unusual demand. According to a government official who was
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