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Report 40 of 2016 - Commercial Civil Aviation Performance Audit

Date on which Report Tabled:

Fri 10 Mar, 2017

Date of sending the report to Government

Government Type

Union

Union Department

Commercial

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Sector Transport & Infrastructure

Overview

This Report contains the results of the Performance Audit on the “Turnaround Plan (TAP) and Financial Restructuring Plan (FRP) of Air India Limited”. The Audit covered the period from 2010-11 to 2015-16. The Report is based on the scrutiny of documents pertaining to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA), Director General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Air India Limited.

The Turnaround Plan and Financial Restructuring Plan of AIL was approved by Government of India in April 2012. Several of the turnaround measures were to be completed by March 2015. Government had committed to infuse equity of `42182 crore during the period from 2011-12 to 2031-32. It is in this context that the audit of TAP and FRP was taken up for review in audit.

The audit revealed erosion of the benefits of financial restructuring due to high volume of short term loans of AIL, shortfall in equity releases in the initial years and shortfall in monetisation of assets. AIL faced an acute shortage of narrow body aircraft, requiring expeditious leasing of additional aircraft. Operational performance of AIL relating to utilisation of aircraft, on-time-performance has to improve to achieve the targets in TAP. While AIL has achieved surplus over its variable cost and all services recovered their fuel costs, this could be attributed largely to the sharp fall in Air Turbine Fuel prices. The Company is yet to recover its total cost of operation. Improvements in human resource management and integration of IT systems are required for successful implementation of TAP. While granting bilateral rights to foreign carriers government should also take into consideration its impact on AIL

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