From time to time, govt is providing support to Air India: Choubey

The airline's accumulative losses stood at Rs 47,145.62 crore in financial year 2016-17.

Aircraft maker Boeing 'concerned' about Jet Airways, says official

The full service carrier, which has been flying for over 25 years, is a key customer of Boeing.

Earlier this year, efforts for strategic disinvestment of the airline failed to take off.

The disinvestment plan of Air India was stalled, due to lack of interest shown by bidders.

The carrier's debt burden was more than Rs 48,000 crore at the end of March 2017.

The last date for submission of initial bids was June 18.

The alternative mechanism headed by the finance minister would decide the future course of action on Air India disinvestment.

The deadline for submitting Expression of Interest (EoI) for 76 per cent stake in the debt-laden Air India is ending today.

The government intends to complete the disinvestment process by this year end.

Without elaborating the type and nature of the issues raised, he said the queries are interesting in nature.