Quick recovery of $1.4bn Kingfisher debt unlikely: SBIJul 10 2012, 15:40 | By Reuters 
A full recovery of USD 1.4 billion in loans owed by embattled carrier Kingfisher Airlines Kingfisher Airlines, controlled by liquor baron Vijay Mallya, last week won more time from lenders to develop a turnaround plan. It has never made a profit in the struggling Indian airline industry and has grounded most of its fleet. "It is looking difficult unless they get fresh equity," Pratip Chaudhuri, chairman of State Bank of India said on the sidelines of an media event in Sydney. "We have told Mallya either he has to get equity or pump in money from his liquor business." State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, heads the lenders' consortium. Kingfisher, named after Mallya's flagship beer brand, had debt of $1.4 billion at the end of March. Most of its banks, which are largely state-run, declared its loans to be in default during the December quarter. The No.2 lender, ICICI Bank, Last week, lenders to the carrier, worried it will fall short in its efforts to find a big investor, told Reuters they were considering ways to recover their money including invoking securities and guarantees against their loans. Post Your Comment
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