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Govt. may reduce Air India’s debt and delay disinvestment to woo buyers

Juliet Woodard by Juliet Woodard
September 18, 2020
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The deadline to submit bids for the national carrier has already been extended four times this year.

The central government is considering reducing Air India’s debt further and delaying its disinvestment process in order to woo buyers, senior officials said on Friday. The debt of Air India as on March 31, 2019 was ₹58, 255 crore. Later in 2019, ₹29,464 crore of this debt was transferred from Air India to a government-owned special purpose vehicle called Air India Assets Holding Company Limited (AIAHL).“The government is considering reducing the debt of the airline further in order to make it attractive for interested parties in the current economic scenario affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” a senior government official said. More time is likely to be given to bidders to submit their bids and it will delay the disinvestment process further, another government official said. The deadline to submit bids for the national carrier has already been extended four times this year. The fourth extension was given on August 25 when the deadline for placing bids for Air India was pushed by two months to October 30 as the COVID-19 fallout has disrupted economic activity globally. The process of stake sale in the national carrier was initiated on January 27. “Air India Limited has been suffering continuous losses. The COVID-19 pandemic along with its related impact on the aviation industry has further worsened the financial position of the company,” Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri had said on Thursday. Air India has incurred a net loss of about ₹2,570 crore in the first quarter of 2020-21 as compared to a net loss of ₹785 crore sustained in the corresponding period a year ago, he added in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha. An amount of ₹1,000 crore as loan to Air India has also been provided in the current financial year, Mr. Puri stated. After its unsuccessful bid to sell Air India in 2018, the government in January this year restarted the divestment process and invited bids for selling 100% of its equity in the state-owned airline, including Air India’s 100% shareholding in Air India Express Ltd and 50% in Air India SATS Airport Services Private Ltd. In 2018, the government had offered to sell its 76% stake in the airline. The aviation sector has been significantly impacted due to the travel restrictions imposed in India and other countries in view of the coronavirus pandemic. All airlines in India have taken cost-cutting measures such as pay cuts, leave without pay or firings of employees in order to conserve cash.

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