In their bid to ensure Air India’s survival, the ministry of Civil Aviation has asked the debt-laden carrier to present its business model to the government in order to keep a hawk's eye on its revenue and expenses.
According to a senior government official, the business plan of the airline is constantly being "monitored".
"Under the airline's revival strategy, we have asked for their business plan," a senior official of ministry of Civil Aviation told Moneycontrol.
He said that the airline was doing "pretty well" with a revenue growth of 20 percent YoY for the period ending December 2018.
"With a reduced fleet and better passenger count, the airline has recorded a revenue growth of 20 percent," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Air India's passenger revenue increased from Rs 4,615 crore in Q3FY18 to Rs 5,538 crore in Q3FY19. While the passenger growth, in absolute terms, was four percent (from 53.28 lakh to 55.27 lakh), the revenue growth was five folds.
The official said that the government was constantly monitoring the airline and it is unlikely to walk the path created by Jet Airways or Kingfisher Airlines.
"We are constantly monitoring it and it is doing reasonably better," he said.
Jet Airways is the latest entrant in the league of loss making airlines that are facing huge debt. It has a debt of over Rs 8,000 crore and is considering various revival strategies including reducing its owner and promoter, Naresh Goyal's, controlling stake to below 20 percent, converting the loan amount to equity and giving state lender State Bank of India (SBI) a stake in the airline and letting the minority stake holder, Etihad airways, raise its stake above 40 percent coupled with infusion of fresh capital in the airline.
31/01/19 Nikita Vashisht/Moneycontrol News
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According to a senior government official, the business plan of the airline is constantly being "monitored".
"Under the airline's revival strategy, we have asked for their business plan," a senior official of ministry of Civil Aviation told Moneycontrol.
He said that the airline was doing "pretty well" with a revenue growth of 20 percent YoY for the period ending December 2018.
"With a reduced fleet and better passenger count, the airline has recorded a revenue growth of 20 percent," the official said on condition of anonymity.
Air India's passenger revenue increased from Rs 4,615 crore in Q3FY18 to Rs 5,538 crore in Q3FY19. While the passenger growth, in absolute terms, was four percent (from 53.28 lakh to 55.27 lakh), the revenue growth was five folds.
The official said that the government was constantly monitoring the airline and it is unlikely to walk the path created by Jet Airways or Kingfisher Airlines.
"We are constantly monitoring it and it is doing reasonably better," he said.
Jet Airways is the latest entrant in the league of loss making airlines that are facing huge debt. It has a debt of over Rs 8,000 crore and is considering various revival strategies including reducing its owner and promoter, Naresh Goyal's, controlling stake to below 20 percent, converting the loan amount to equity and giving state lender State Bank of India (SBI) a stake in the airline and letting the minority stake holder, Etihad airways, raise its stake above 40 percent coupled with infusion of fresh capital in the airline.
31/01/19 Nikita Vashisht/Moneycontrol News
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