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Indiaโ€™s major airlines on โ€˜verge of closing downโ€™ as high fuel costs sting

Indiaโ€™s major airlines warned of a potential suspension in services unless the government lowered jet fuel prices. โ€œThe airline industry in India is under extreme stress and on the verge of closing down or of stopping its operations,โ€ the Federation of Indian Airlines, representing carriers including IndiGo, Air India and SpiceJet, said in a letter to Indiaโ€™s Civil Aviation Ministry, seen by Bloomberg. They sought a return to pandemic-era cost caps on aviation turbine fuel and a reduction or...