8.11.13

SpiceJet posts a record loss

The fourth biggest airline by domestic market share reports Rs.559 crore loss for Q2 on high fuel prices and a weak rupee SpiceJet, India’s fourth-biggest airline by domestic market share, reported a record quarterly net loss, hit by high fuel prices and a weaker local currency.
SpiceJet, controlled by billionaire Kalanithi Maran’s Sun Group, said net loss was Rs 559 crore for the second quarter to September 30, compared with a net loss of Rs 164 crore a year earlier.
The quarterly loss was higher than its previous worst quarterly loss of 3.27 billion rupees reported for the September quarter of 2008.

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