More turbulence as SpiceJet will get insolvency glare
3 min readExpress News Service
NEW DELHI: Days after Go First filed for chapter, one different Indian supplier, SpiceJet, goes via insolvency proceedings.
Ireland-based airplane leasing agency Aircastle Ltd has moved the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to launch a chapter course of in direction of the funds supplier.
The NCLT issued a uncover to the airline in search of its reply and posted the matter for listening to on May 17. SpiceJet said it is in talks with Aircastle to succeed in at a settlement.
“In the Aircastle issue, notice was issued in the normal course. There was no adverse ruling against SpiceJet. The court has recognised the fact that parties are under settlement discussions and they can continue to pursue the same,” said a SpiceJet spokesperson in a press launch.
SpiceJet had remaining week claimed it does not have any Aircastle airplane in its fleet and that the petition can don’t have any have an effect on on its operations.
Aircastle had filed the petition in direction of SpiceJet on April 28, claiming unpaid dues for leasing 4 Boeing 737 airplane and sought initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) proceedings beneath Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
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The financial woes of Spicejet are well-known. Its auditor had repeatedly raised concerns in regards to the agency’s potential to remain a going concern, given its huge obligation.
The agency reported an absence of Rs 1,514 crore for the 9 months interval ending December 31, 2022. It has a damaging web value of Rs 5,801 crore as on December 31.
The airline’s share inside the residence market is 6.9 per cent.
The development comes decrease than each week after one different low-cost supplier — Go First — voluntarily filed chapter citing a excessive financial catastrophe due to the grounding of about half of its Airbus A320 Neo fleet because of faulty engines provided by Pratt and Whitney.
NEW DELHI: Days after Go First filed for chapter, one different Indian supplier, SpiceJet, goes via insolvency proceedings.
Ireland-based airplane leasing agency Aircastle Ltd has moved the Principal Bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) to launch a chapter course of in direction of the funds supplier.
The NCLT issued a uncover to the airline in search of its reply and posted the matter for listening to on May 17. SpiceJet said it is in talks with Aircastle to succeed in at a settlement.googletag.cmd.push(function() googletag.present(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
“In the Aircastle issue, notice was issued in the normal course. There was no adverse ruling against SpiceJet. The court has recognised the fact that parties are under settlement discussions and they can continue to pursue the same,” said a SpiceJet spokesperson in a press launch.
SpiceJet had remaining week claimed it does not have any Aircastle airplane in its fleet and that the petition can don’t have any have an effect on on its operations.
Aircastle had filed the petition in direction of SpiceJet on April 28, claiming unpaid dues for leasing 4 Boeing 737 airplane and sought initiation of Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) proceedings beneath Section 9 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC).
ALSO READ | Go First catastrophe: A boon for rivals?
The financial woes of Spicejet are well-known. Its auditor had repeatedly raised concerns in regards to the agency’s potential to remain a going concern, given its huge obligation.
The agency reported an absence of Rs 1,514 crore for the 9 months interval ending December 31, 2022. It has a damaging web value of Rs 5,801 crore as on December 31.
The airline’s share inside the residence market is 6.9 per cent.
The development comes decrease than each week after one different low-cost supplier — Go First — voluntarily filed chapter citing a excessive financial catastrophe due to the grounding of about half of its Airbus A320 Neo fleet because of faulty engines provided by Pratt and Whitney.
