Kingfisher’s net loss widens

May 31, 2013 05:38 pm | Updated June 09, 2016 11:36 pm IST - Mumbai

SALEM 27/03/2011: Kingfisher Airlines resumed its flight operation in Salem-Chennai sector on Sunday after three months. The flight however will not be operate on Tuesday and Saturdays. Photo: E_Lakshmi Narayanan

SALEM 27/03/2011: Kingfisher Airlines resumed its flight operation in Salem-Chennai sector on Sunday after three months. The flight however will not be operate on Tuesday and Saturdays. Photo: E_Lakshmi Narayanan

Kingfisher Airlines, grounded since October 1 last year, on Friday reported net loss at Rs 2,141.80 crore for the quarter ended March, 2013.

The company had reported a loss of Rs 1,151.83 crore in the same period a year ago.

The carrier reported nil sales for the period under review as against sales of Rs 782.83 crore in the fourth quarter of FY 2012.

For the entire 2012-13, the net loss is Rs 4,001.12 crore, Kingfisher Airlines said in a filing to the Bombay Stock Exchange.

The loss in the previous fiscal was Rs 2,328.01 crore.

Accumulated losses as of March 31, 2013 stood at Rs 16,023.46 crore and its net worth on that date was a negative Rs 12,919.81 crore, the airline said.

Kingfisher had never made profit since it started operations in 2005.

The airline has been grounded since October and its air operations permit or the flying licence lapsed on December 31 last year, although it can be renewed within two years.

Last month, Kingfisher Airlines had submitted a fresh revival plan to DGCA, seeking permission to resume operations.

But it has not yet been accepted by the regulator on the ground that it did not have no-objection certificates from various stakeholders including airports, bankers, oil marketing firms etc.

Of over Rs 7,000 crore exposure to the 17 lenders, SBI has the maximum exposure of over Rs 1,600 crore in the airline. It is followed by PNB (at Rs 800 crore), IDBI (at Rs 800 crore), Bank of India (at Rs 650 crore) and Bank of Baroda (at Rs 550 crore).

However, of late, banks have started recovering dues from the carrier and have recovered around Rs 1,000 crore as of now.

“KFA recoveries are going on. We have substantial amount of recoveries,” SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri had recently said.

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