Question : COMPLIMENTARY PASSES BY AIR INDIA AND INDIAN AIRLINES

(a) whether the Air India and Indian Airlines issue Complimentary Passes;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of such Passes issued during the last three years and in the current year, till-date by both these airlines, separately;

(d) the criteria adopted for issuance of such Passes by these airlines;

(e) the financial losses caused to Air India and Indian Airlines during the above period due to issuance of these passes;

(f) whether the Government have since decided to freeze all such complimentary passes; and (g) if so, the details thereof and the amount likely to be saved therefrom?

THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION ( SHRI SYED SHAHNAWAZ HUSSAIN )

(a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g) : The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.