With a positive cash flow, Air India is likely to come out of its precarious financial position in this financial year as its performance has improved considerably. It is expected that the company will achieve positive EBIDTA (earnings before income, taxes, depreciation and amoritization) in the results for the Financial Year 2012-13, the government's key economic document, tabled in Parliament, said on February 27.
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Govt gives concessions to MROs
The Union Budget offered minor concessions to the MRO - maintenance, repair and overhaul industry as the government has increased the time period for consumption or installation of parts and testing equipments imported for maintenance, repair and MRO of aircrafts by units engaged in such activities form the existing three months to a year.
Air India ups efforts to raise money for its turn around
Apart from leasing its headquarters building in Mumbai, cash-strapped Air India has identified some more properties to monitise them in order to raise Rs 5,000 crore as part of its turn around and financial restructuring plan, Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh said on February 27. Air India has identified land at Chennai, Coimbatore and Kolkata, residential plot at DLF Phase-III Gurgaon, a residential apartment in Kolkata and four unoccupied flats in Mumbai, Singh said this in the Lok Sabha.
IGI airport in Delhi wins International safety award
The IGI airport in Delhi, operated by Delhi International Airport (DIAL), has become the first Indian facility to bag the 'International Safety Award' from British Safety Council. This makes Indira Gandhi International airport (IGI), as the first and the only airport in India to win this prestigious award in field of health and safety.
Plea to increase AI flights for Leh at reduced fare
Minister for Urban Development and Urban Local Bodies, Nawang Rigzin Jora, on February 28 urged upon the Centre to increase frequency of Air India Flights to at least one flight per day on Delhi-Leh sector besides pushing private aviation companies like spice jet or indigo to operate on this route in the backdrop of closure of Kingfisher Airline.
Jet fuel price increased by 3.8%
Jet fuel prices were on February 28 hiked by 3.8 per cent, the second increase in rates in as many months. Aviation Turbine Fuel, or ATF, price at T3 terminal in Delhi was hiked by Rs 2,519.83 per kilolitre (kl), or 3.8 per cent, to Rs 70,080.87 per kl from midnight tonight, according to Indian Oil Corp, the nation's largest fuel retailer.
Bad loans of banks rises
According to the Economic Survey 2012-13, overall non-performing assets (NPAs) of the banking sector rose from 2.36 per cent of total credit in March 2011 to 3.57 per cent in September 2012. Slowdown and the high leverage levels have caused loans to a few industry and infrastructure sectors turning NPAs, the survey notes. Sectors particularly under
S&P expects improvement in bank performance in FY15
Ratings agency Standard & PoorÂ’s (S&P) expects the performance of Indian banks to improve only in 2014-15. The agency feels that till then the banking sector would continue to face hurdles, in terms of asset quality and earnings. In 2013-14, the agency expects improvement in the economic growth and corporate performance aided by vario
Banks may find it difficult to raise non-equity core capital
Crisil Ratings President Ramraj Pai opined that banks may find it difficult to raise Rs 1.4 trillion worth of non-equity-based tier-I capital, as mandated by Basel III norms, because of complexity involved in these debt instruments. According to Basel III norms, banks will have to raise
1.3 trillion as equity capital and up to Rs 1.4 trillion as non-equity tier-I capital
Minister seeks suggestion on implementing dual price system
Pointing out the difficulty in selling diesel at two different rates at the same petrol pump, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said the government is open to suggestions on implementing dual rates provided two different prices does not “lead to black marketing”. Speaking at the Rajya Sabha, the minister said the government knocked some heads together to see if it is possible to have dual prices of diesel at the same retail outle

