{"id":75577,"date":"2026-04-28T14:46:03","date_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:46:03","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:46:03","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T14:46:03","slug":"ai-indigo-spicejet-seek-atf-price-relief-say-airline-industry-on-verge-of-stopping-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/?p=75577","title":{"rendered":"AI, IndiGo, SpiceJet seek ATF price relief; say airline industry on verge of &#8216;stopping operations&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AI, IndiGo, SpiceJet seek ATF price relief; say airline industry on verge of &#39;stopping operations&#39;<BR>GST<BR>Dated:- 28-4-2026<BR>PTI<BR>Mumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have told the government that the country&#39;s airline industry is under extreme stress and on the verge of &#8220;stopping operations&#8221;, as they sought revision in ATF pricing and financial support.<\/p>\n<p>The West Asia turmoil has pushed up oil prices, and airspace restrictions have increased airlines&#39; operating costs, especially on long-haul routes. Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF) accounts for around 40 per cent of a carrier&#39;s operational expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Against this backdrop, the Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) has written to the civil aviation ministry, seeking steps<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=72552\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p>or immediate and meaningful financial support to tide over the current situation,&#8221; it said in a letter on April 26.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the airlines have sought temporary deferment of excise duty on ATF, which is at 11 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With the abnormal increase in ATF prices from the pre-crisis period, adding rupee depreciation to the increased prices, the 11 per cent excise duty also increases manifold for the airlines and adds to the ATF price as a big impact on airlines,&#8221; they said.<\/p>\n<p>Last month, the government limited the hike in ATF price to Rs 15 per litre for domestic operations, but for international operations, the price rose by Rs 73 per litre.<\/p>\n<p>The airlines said the situation has practically made international operations, along with domest<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Plain text (Extract) only<\/strong><BR>For full text:-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.taxtmi.com\/news?id=72552\">Visit the Source <\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">=  =  =  =  =  =  =  =<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AI, IndiGo, SpiceJet seek ATF price relief; say airline industry on verge of &#8216;stopping operations&#8217;GSTDated:- 28-4-2026PTIMumbai, Apr 28 (PTI) Air India, IndiGo and SpiceJet have told the government that the country&#8217;s airline industry is under extreme s&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=75577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=75577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=75577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodsandservicetax.in\/GST\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=75577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}