Topeka ? Last year, when the Kansas University men’s basketball team was in Atlanta playing in the Final Four, David Wittig, then the chief executive of Westar Energy, and his wife, Beth, took the company jet to Atlanta, according to records released Friday.

The purpose of Wittig’s trip was for “Refinancing,” according to the flight log that was one of hundreds released by Westar.

In the mind of Jim Zakoura, a Westar watchdog, there is no doubt that Wittig, a KU graduate and avid Jayhawks fan, went to the basketball game.

“Is it the right stewardship for the company and shareholders?” Zakoura asked of the use of corporate jets by Wittig and other top Westar officials, who took hundreds of trips on the jets, including flights to France, England and Ireland and more than 100 to New York.

“For a company that primarily has a service territory that runs from Topeka to Wichita, it raises concerns about whether that was used appropriately,” Zakoura said.

On all the flight logs, a purpose for the trip is noted. But Zakoura said the numerous trips that started on Fridays and continued through the weekend and the use of jets to ferry directors to meetings when commercial travel would have been much cheaper should have raised alarms.

On one flight last September, the Wittigs went to the Kansas State Fair in Hutchinson. Some trips list the purpose as “civic events.”

Wittig could not be reached for comment. He resigned under pressure in November after he was indicted on charges of bank fraud involving a loan unrelated to Westar. He has pleaded innocent.

Westar officials have said they have sold one of the jets, a Cessna Citation X, but kept a smaller Cessna Citation.

“We have a strict policy on use of the plane,” said Karla Olsen, a spokeswoman for Westar. “The principal purpose of all flights must be business.”

Last year, Westar announced that a grand jury was investigating the company, including the use of corporate aircraft. Westar also launched an internal investigation.

“That whole thing is still under investigation by the U.S. Attorney’s Office and special committee of the board of Westar Energy. In terms of the purpose and nature of the flights, that is still under investigation,” Olsen said.

It is legal for executives to use corporate aircraft for personal use, but such use should be reported as compensation, Zakoura said. The flight logs were turned over as part of a request for information by a group of industrial customers represented by Zakoura, the Wichita school district and state utility regulators.