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Rumours' of Air India's shutdown are baseless: Civil Aviation Ministry

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New Delhi, Jan 04: Air India chief Ashwani Lohani on Saturday said that "rumours" of the disinvestment-bound airline's shutdown are "all baseless", weeks after he told the Civil Aviation Ministry that the carrier's financial situation was "grossly untenable" for sustaining operations.

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"Rumours regarding Air India shutting down or closing operations are all baseless. Air India would continue to fly and also expand and there should be no cause for concern whatsoever to travellers, corporates or agents. Air India the national carrier is still the biggest airline of India," the Air India Chairman and Managing Director tweeted.

In a letter to the ministry last month, he had said, "It also needs appreciation that the overall financial situation is grossly untenable and the airline may not be able to sustain physical operations in the absence of immediate government intervention and support that we have been repeatedly requesting for in the recent past."

According to reports, it was said that struggling Air India might be forced to shut down by June 2020 unless it finds a buyer as "piecemeal" arrangements cannot be sustained for long, according to a senior airline official.

Air India faces shut down, needs buyer before June 2020Air India faces shut down, needs buyer before June 2020

Reports also suggested that the airline reportedly had a debt burden + of around Rs 60,000 crore and the government is still working on the modalities for the disinvestment +.

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