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Air Asia Agrees to Pay Outstanding Dues

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Air Asia Agrees to Pay Outstanding Dues
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March 7: Air Asia has agreed to pay the outstanding dues for utilizing the services of Tribhuvan International Airport (TIA) after it faced the possibility of flight ban to Nepal. With the commitment of the airlines to pay the due amount, it has received permission to continue its flights to and fro Nepal.

Airport authorities informed that Air Asia, a privately owned company of Malaysia, owes around Rs 270 million to TIA, which includes service charges, interest as well as fines.

After the airlines failed to clear the dues by the end of February as per its written commitment made on January 8, the airport authorities had extended the deadline for payment of dues by six days till March 6. The airport authorities had warned the airlines to stop flights to Nepal if it failed to clear the dues by the given deadline.

However, officials of the airlines visited Nepal on the last date and signed an agreement with TIA officials as well as officials of the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN) pledging to pay the dues, according to TIA General Manager Raj Kumar Chhetri.

Ealier, officials of Air Asia had written a reply to TIA that it did not own any outstanding bills to Nepal. But after receiving the letter, the airlines sent its officials to Nepal to find the facts. After learning about the outstanding amount, they agreed to clear the bills, said Chhetri.

“The Malaysia-based head office of Air Asia was not aware about the outstanding bills. They sent their officials hear after we handed them the bills. They have returned back to Malaysia on Tuesday, March promising to send auditors,” said Chhetri.  

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