The three state-owned companies had earlier said Air India owed Rs 5,000 crore of unpaid fuel bills to them, and that it had not paid fuel bills for the past eight months, forcing them to snap supplies

Air India owes about Rs 4,300 crore in dues to the three OMCs - Indian Oil Corp, Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd and Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd

After analysing the Air India's disinvestment process of 2018, the then transaction adviser 'EY' in its report cited the government retaining 24 per cent stake and corresponding rights and high debt as reasons for the failure of the disinvestment process

OMCs says Air India has not paid fuel bills for the past eight months, forcing them to snap supplies across six airports -- Kochi, Pune, Patna, Ranchi, Vizag and Mohali

IOC, BPCL and HPCL more than a week back jointly wrote to Air India seeking expeditious clearance of the dues, failing which they will be constrained to take action

The airports where the fuel supply was stopped by the state-owned OMCs at around 4 pm are Cochin, Visakhapatnam, Mohali, Ranchi, Pune and Patna