<p><br /> Kingfisher Airlines cancelled around 30 flights in major metro cities across the country, forcing passengers to face another harrowing day Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Submitting to the aviation regulator's demand earlier, the carrier filed its new flight schedule during the day. <br /><br />The cancellations and new flight schedule were announced as the airline told the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) it would operate around 180 daily flights with 28 aircraft.<br /><br />The airline was directed by the DGCA Tuesday to submit a revised and realistic flight schedule within 24 hours.<br /><br />Sources in the DGCA said the regulator had received the new schedule via an email and was studying it. <br /><br />Director General of Civil Aviation E.K. Bharat Bhushan also briefed Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Wednesday about his discussion with the airline's management Tuesday. <br /><br />The regulator is probing the large-scale cancellations and whether financial constraints have in anyway compromised passenger safety.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the civil aviation minister refused to comment on airline's move to seek funding from a consortium of 13 banks, led by the State Bank of India.<br />"Banks are going to take their own decision," said Singh. <br /><br />Kingfisher has a debt of Rs 7,057.08 crore. The company’s net loss widened to Rs.444.26 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, from Rs.253.69 crore in the October-December quarter in the last fiscal. </p>
<p><br /> Kingfisher Airlines cancelled around 30 flights in major metro cities across the country, forcing passengers to face another harrowing day Wednesday.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Submitting to the aviation regulator's demand earlier, the carrier filed its new flight schedule during the day. <br /><br />The cancellations and new flight schedule were announced as the airline told the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) it would operate around 180 daily flights with 28 aircraft.<br /><br />The airline was directed by the DGCA Tuesday to submit a revised and realistic flight schedule within 24 hours.<br /><br />Sources in the DGCA said the regulator had received the new schedule via an email and was studying it. <br /><br />Director General of Civil Aviation E.K. Bharat Bhushan also briefed Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh Wednesday about his discussion with the airline's management Tuesday. <br /><br />The regulator is probing the large-scale cancellations and whether financial constraints have in anyway compromised passenger safety.<br /><br />Meanwhile, the civil aviation minister refused to comment on airline's move to seek funding from a consortium of 13 banks, led by the State Bank of India.<br />"Banks are going to take their own decision," said Singh. <br /><br />Kingfisher has a debt of Rs 7,057.08 crore. The company’s net loss widened to Rs.444.26 crore for the quarter ended December 31, 2011, from Rs.253.69 crore in the October-December quarter in the last fiscal. </p>
