Dubai Airports on Thursday stopped check-in service for SpiceJet flights. The airline owes 14 million dirhams, or about Rs 35.8 crore. Due to this, SpiceJet flights from Dubai International Airport were affected. On November 12, four flights to Amritsar, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi were cancelled. SpiceJet in its internal email cited non-payment to ground-handling partner Denata as the reason for the cancellation. Dubai Civil Aviation Authority also summoned the airline’s station manager. Dubai Airports is the owner and operator of Dubai International Airport and Al Maktoum International Airport. He took this action at Dubai International Airport due to non-payment of dues. According to a source, Dubai Civil Aviation Authority summoned the station manager for not informing the passengers about the cancellation of flights. The authority asked the airline to make alternative arrangements for the stranded passengers. No payment was made after October 13. SpiceJet’s Dubai station manager gave this information to the flight operations team in an email sent on November 12. He said that the authority has given instructions to make alternative arrangements for the passengers. Earlier on Monday, the airport operator had informed SpiceJet that the outstanding dues had reached 14 million dirhams. The airline had not made any payment after October 13. The operator had warned that if the full amount was not paid, check-in services would be stopped from November 12. Check-in of two flights allowed Later, the airport operator allowed its ground-handling partner Denata to check-in only two delayed SpiceJet flights. Among these, SG-5115 flight was for Ahmedabad and SG-5106 flight was for Delhi. Both flights were scheduled to depart before the check-in service closed. Check-in service for all remaining SpiceJet flights was to remain closed until the dues were cleared. Instructions to cancel four flights: After receiving the information, SpiceJet’s Dubai station manager asked the flight operation team to cancel all flights departing from Dubai except two approved flights. “As I mentioned in my previous email, announce the cancellation of all flights departing from Dubai International Airport… until the issue is fully resolved,” the manager wrote in the email. After this, the airline issued instructions to cancel four flights from Dubai to Amritsar, Jaipur, Mumbai and Delhi on November 12. The communication cited “non-payment to dnata” as the reason for cancellation. According to another internal communication, these four flights were later rescheduled to operate as a ferry service with the same flight numbers. Meanwhile, SpiceJet has not declared its quarterly financial results since releasing its December quarter results in February. SpiceJet shares closed at Rs 8.26 on BSE on Thursday. The stock hit upper circuit of 5%.
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SpiceJet check-in service stopped in Dubai: Dues of Rs 35.8 crore, 4 flights cancelled.
