BENGALURU: India's SpiceJet (SPJT.BO) had to operate empty flights from Dubai as passengers were not allowed to check in due to the airline's unpaid airport dues. The Hindu Daily It was reported Thursday, marking at least the second such outage this month.
This is the latest in a long list of woes for SpiceJet, which has struggled to fully restore its operations despite multiple fundraising efforts over the past year.
Some of SpiceJet's lessors have turned to the courts to settle outstanding debts and have also sought deregistration of their aircraft by India's aviation regulator. This has led to the airline's planes being grounded and has hit its bottom line, even in the first quarter.
Indian News Agency PTI On August 2, it was reported that some SpiceJet flights in Dubai had been cancelled due to non-payment of dues, with the company citing “operational reasons” for the cancellations.
A senior official at India's Ministry of Civil Aviation said: The Hindu that they were “monitoring SpiceJet”.
SpiceJet and Dubai Airports Co did not respond to a Reuters Request for comments.
Earlier this month, SpiceJet said it had reached a settlement with Mumbai airport over “a minor financial matter,” hours after the airport, in a now-deleted post on social media platform X, warned of temporary disruptions to the airline’s operations.
