164 planes lying idle at 15 airports, highest at Delhi airport: Centre

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The grounded aircraft include those of IndiGo, SpiceJet, Go First, Air India, Zoom Air and Alliance Air...

As many as 164 planes are lying idle at 15 airports in the country, the government said on Thursday...

As per data shared by civil aviation minister Jyotiraditya Scindia in a written reply to Lok Sabha, 164 aircraft are lying idle at 15 airports...

According to the data, 17 planes of IndiGo, nine aircraft of Go First and one plane of SpiceJet are lying idle at the Bengaluru airport...

AAI has a security deposit/ bank guarantee of around Rs 730 crore against these aircraft," Scindia said.. While responding to a supplementary question in the Lok Sabha, Scindia said the problem is that 95 per cent of the aircraft on ground in India today is because of engine supplier Pratt & Whitney (P&W)...

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