In this photograph taken on July 13, 2011, aircraft from Indian airline Spicejet jostle for space on a runway at Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Troubled Indian airline SpiceJet grounded its fleet on December 17, 2014, after suppliers refused to refuel its planes citing unpaid dues, a company source and reports said.-AFP
The no-frills airline, one of India’s leading carriers, has a fleet of 37. The action left thousands of angry passengers stranded at airports across the country.
The fleet’s grounding came a day after the government asked state-run oil companies and airport authorities to extend emergency credit to the debt-ridden airline, which last week cancelled nearly 1,900 flights due to cashflow woes.
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