United Bank of India has asked Vijay Mallya and three other directors of grounded Kingfisher Airlines to appear before a panel of the bank at the head office in Kolkata on July 9.
The investigating agency is examining the documents.
So that salaries can be paid and grounded planes reinstated.
Lenders had asked the management to come up with a revival plan and $1 billion capital infusion.
Grounded Kingfisher Airlines has written to UCO Bank wanting to know the basis of attaching the 'wilful defaulter' tag on the carrier.
The company agrees to give interim funding till the airline gets an equity partner
The DGCA had earlier issued a show cause notice to Kingfisher in February for the suspension of its licence.
Thackeray welcomed Bajaj Auto chairman Rahul Bajaj's comments against the proposed bailout of debt-ridden Kingfisher by the government.
Kingfisher Airlines may cut jobs, UB group chairman and CEO Vijay Mallya said on Thursday.
Vijay Mallya's Kingfisher Airlines has decided to change its earlier fleet acquisition plan. Though it aims to more than double the size from 66 to 137 aircraft by 2015-16, it does not now plan to induct Airbus 380s.
Jet Airways and Kingfisher Airlines said they found it unnecessary to shell out an extra Rs 10 crore for the new terminal, especially since they would have to shift to the new integrated terminal -- T3 -- in less than a year. T3, when it begins functioning in March 2010, will be an integrated terminal for all operators. Kingfisher, Kingfisher Red and IndiGo have already started operations from the new T1D terminal, while Jet Airways, JetLite and SpiceJet are yet to shift.
International Air Transport Association, which had suspended it from its Clearing House on Wednesday, said Kingfisher has been suspended from participating in the global airline body's Billing and Settlement Plan and Cargo Accounts Settlement System.
Kingfisher Airlines on Tuesday decided to suspend all international flights from March 25 and further curtail domestic operations even as government warned the ailing carrier that its flying licence can be cancelled if it failed to meet safety norms.
Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh had on Monday ruled out any bailout of the airline.
After a rap from the aviation regulator for neglecting safety issues, Kingfisher Airlines on Monday submitted a detailed response to DGCA giving time-bound plans to resolve the lapses and discrepancies identified.
As per the latest shareholding pattern filed by Kingfisher with the stock exchanges on Wednesday, ICICI Bank held about 1.67 crore (16.7 million) shares, accounting for a 2.9 per cent stake, in the airline as on March 31, 2012.
A formal agreement was signed by liquor baron and Kingfisher chief Vijay Mallya and the top officers of all the 12 'oneworld' partner airlines, after a team of the global alliance visited Delhi and Mumbai, completed a safety audit and set in motion the process through which the Indian carrier would become full-fledged member of the global partnership.
With no end to the deadlock, a question mark hung over the airline's plans to resume operations from Friday, after a four-day partial lockout and complete suspension of all operations since Monday night.
The recent suspension of the ailing airline's licence have hundreds of people making enquiries at Kingfisher's office in Dubai and other travel agents, none of whom are able to give a solution to the troubled passengers.
Kingfisher Airlines, which is already facing a safety audit by the country's civil aviation regulator DGCA, on Thursday came under fresh scrutiny following reports that one of its pilots flew a woman in the cockpit in violation of rules.
Amidst speculation that liquor baron Vijay Mallya will take 100 per cent stake in Air Sahara, Kingfisher Airlines has kick started an advertising campaign to catch privileged passengers of its rival airline.
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation had suspended Kingfisher's SOP on October 19 till further orders after a lockout and its failure to come up with a viable plan of financial and operational revival.
I-T dept refuses to unfreeze a/cs; airline curtails operations; SBI, other bank stocks take a knock
Vijay Mallya-led loss-making air carrier Kingfisher Airlines will need to infuse more funds if its wants to stay afloat, its auditors said.
Lenders to Kingfisher Airlines have been left in the lurch, with most hoping the airline resumes operations, as this would ensure at least some revenue flow.
First it was Citibank which ended its exclusive tie-up with Jet Airways, after 12 years. Now it is the turn of American Express to go airline-agnostic -- despite having a co-branded card with troubled carrier Kingfisher Airlines.
The IATA suspended Kingfisher from its Geneva-based clearing house because of non-payment of dues to airline members.
Bollywood actress Deepika Padukone and Sidhartha Mallya, the owner of Kingfisher Airlines, judged models for the Kingfisher Calendar 2011 in Mumbai on October 26.
The Karnataka High Court has rejected a petition by Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines Limited challenging the move by a consortium of banks to take possession of its "Kingfisher House" property in Mumbai to realise part of the debts due to them from the airlines.
Kingfisher Chief Executive Sanjay Aggarwal met officials at the ministry of civil aviation to discuss the revival plan, which was earlier rejected by the regulator.
To be allotted to other Indian airlines
Bankers meet today to decide on asset sale, invoking Mallya's personal guarantees.
The beleaguered carrier has submitted a revival plan to DGCA, which has asked for more details regarding how it would fund the plan given the precarious financial situation the company is in.
The lenders have not ruled out selling the property to recover part of their loans to the company.
The airline, however, has not secured approval from airports to fly again.
UB Group-controlled carrier to convert short-haul domestic routes with less demand for business class to all-economy configuration.
The UB Group-owned Kingfisher Airlines said on Wednesday the government had granted it traffic rights to operate on seven new international routes.
Mumbai-London is the private carrier's second overseas flight after the one on Bangalore-London route that was launched in September. Kingfisher also plans to launch Mumbai-Hong Kong operations from January 12 and Mumbai-Singapore flight from January 16.
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