Kingfisher Airlines was not operating 175 of the 418 daily departure flights approved for it during winter schedule 2011 leading to cancellation of its slots.
"Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued letters to Kingfisher for violation of Rule 140 A of aircraft Rules 1937," Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha today.
"Kingfisher Airlines has informed that they have initiated reconfiguration of their aircraft due to which some of their aircraft are out of service for a few weeks," Singh told the House.
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The slots alloted to Kingfisher had been cancelled, the Minister said.
In reply to another question, Singh said that Air India had increased the fuel surcharge on short haul domestic routes as well as on long haul flights within the country from November 20 this year.
"The fuel surcharge has been increased by Rs 200 on sectors less than 1400 km and by Rs 300 on sectors more than 1400 km," Singh said.
In reply to another question, Singh said, "Airports run by private operators situated mainly in metro cities namely Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad are newly developed ones and are having modern facilities and passenger amenities and resultantly offer better Airport Service Quality as compared to AAI."
Singh also attached a list of 107 airports of the AAI which were making losses. The airports include Delhi's Safdarjung, Ranchi, Jaipur and Baroda, among others.
The minister furnished details of eight airports making profits namely Chennai, Kolkata, Goa, Pune, Ahmedabad, Calicut, Trivandrum and Pondicherry.
Singh said efforts were being made to make more airports profitable.
"The effort is to cut down on non-essential expenditure, and increase the non-traffic revenues. In order to increase the non-traffic revenue, AAI has sought the help of a consultant," he said.
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