Air India has told one of its catering agencies to bear the handling charges and the cost of the entire stack of food supplied on its Pune-Delhi flight last week, as penalty, following a complaint from an NCP MP that there were egg shells in the omelet served to her last week, an official said on Monday.

NCP Rajya Sabha member Vandana Chavan on Sunday had complained about the poor quality of food served onboard her AI flight to Delhi from Pune and alleged the omelet she was served for breakfast had "egg shells".