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Kingfisher's Q1 loss doubles on aircraft re-delivery cost

In a filing to the exchanges, Kingfisher Airlines said, it is making all efforts to resume operations but did not mention how soon it will be able to do that.

August 17, 2013 / 14:04 IST
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Debt-ridden Kingfisher Airlines’ June quarter loss almost doubled to Rs 1157 crore year-on-year as the carrier had to incur aircraft re-delivery cost which  went up  to Rs 420 crore from RS 167 crore. The company did not register any revenues as it has shut operations since past several quarters.
KFA's employee cost halved to Rs 59 crore Y-o-Y as most have left the carriers after it shut operations more than a year back.
In a filing to the exchanges, the airline said, it is making all efforts to resume operations. However, it is still struggling to repay debtors around Rs 7,000 crore. Lenders have already taken possession of Kingfisher House in Mumbai toward recovering pending dues from the airline, suggest media reports.
For the past several months, KFA is trying to rope in an investor, but failed attempts have led to a situation wherein its lenders have started the process of liquidating chairman Vijay Mallya's assets pledged with them earlier.
The airline flew to almost all domestic destinations and eight global routes with 66 aircraft before being grounded. Since its inception, the airline has never posted profit in eight years. Read This: SBI-led consortium eyes venues to recover KFA debt
 
first published: Aug 14, 2013 05:52 pm

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