Once the collection starts coming in, we will pay (the dues)." Maran has already invested around Rs 820 crore (Rs 8.2 billion) in the last three years and he has invested whenever the airline has needed money, he said. The Civil Aviation Ministry's decision not to allow SpiceJet to take bookings beyond 30 days turned counter-productive, affecting its daily earnings. This forced the Ministry to put on hold its decision. It had also asked oil companies and airport operators to extend a 15-day credit facility to SpiceJet to save the airline from shutting down. The Ministry's intervention, however, came with a rider that the beleaguered airline will commit capital infusion at the earliest. The airline has total liabilities of Rs 2,000 crore (Rs 20 billion) which include dues to the public sector oil firms and the Airports Authority of India.