As the federal government strikes forward with Air India disinvestment, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia on Thursday mentioned the deadline for submission of monetary bids might be September 15, indicating that there might be no extension for submitting the bids.

In April, the federal government began the method for inviting monetary bids for the debt-ridden airline and September 15 was set because the deadline.

Apart from offloading its complete stake in loss-making Air India, the federal government might be promoting price range airline Air India Express and Air India”s 50 per cent stake in AISATS. The latter supplies cargo and floor dealing with providers.

Speaking to reporters right here, Scindia mentioned the deadline will stay September 15.

The deadline for submission of Expressions of Interest (EoI) or preliminary bids was prolonged 5 instances earlier than closing it in December final yr.

In July this yr, Minister of State for Civil Aviation V Okay Singh instructed the Lok Sabha that a number of EoIs have been obtained and evaluated by the transaction advisor for the collection of Qualified Interested Bidders (QIBs).

“Request for Proposal (RFP) along with draft Share Purchase Agreement (SPA) have been shared with QIBs by the transaction advisor on March 30, 2021, for submission of financial bids,” he had mentioned.

In October 2020, the federal government introduced that bidding for Air India could be on the premise of enterprise worth as an alternative of fairness worth.

The enterprise worth consists of the fairness worth, debt in addition to money with the corporate. Equity worth measures the worth of an organization”s shares.

The authorities”s efforts to divest Air India in 2018 didn’t take off after it didn’t obtain any bid when the deadline closed on May 31, 2018.

At that point, the proposal was to promote 76 per cent fairness share capital of the nationwide provider in addition to switch the administration management to personal gamers. 

(PTI)