Jet Airways' September quarter loss narrowed
down to Rs 100 crore, from Rs 713.6 crore, year-on-year mainly on
forex gain of Rs 69.6 crore. The company has reported a forex loss of Rs 276 in
the corresponding quarter last year. The airline's income from operations rose
20%, YoY to Rs 3,755.3 crore.
The company's EBITDA margins stood at Rs 14.6%, versus 4%,
YoY.
Shares of the company rose over a percent to Rs 354.30 post
the earnings announcement.
Following are the factors that impacted Jet Air's overall
performance during Q2.
Lean season, economic slowdown and consequential dip in
industry passenger traffic coupled with high fuel prices and rupee depreciation
via-a-via the US dollar has affected the overall results, the company said in
a filing to the exchanges. "Fuel rates increased around 17%, Yoyo,
a portion of this was passed on to the passengers in the form of increase in
fuel surcharge during the quarter,” said the company.
There were instances of aircraft on ground, as certain
routes were discontinued during the quarter; the impact of this is
approximately USD 6 million. These aircraft will be leased out in the next few
months, it said..
Going forward...
The airline remains positive that as the peak season ahead
will help the airline to improve yields further. "The forward bookings
trends for the quarter are quite encouraging. Our focus remains to discontinue
loss making routes and selectively introduce additional flights/ new flights on
the sectors contributing to the bottom line. In this ensuing peak season more
of business class seats will be on offer," said the company.
The company also asserted that it is taking various steps to
control costs, remove loss-making routes from the network and will focus more
on increasing ancillary revenues.
Source: www.moneycontrol.com
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