AirAsia India Oct-Dec loss narrows to Rs 123.35 cr
PTI, Mar 1, 2020, 5:32 PM IST
Mumbai: Budget carrier AirAsia India narrowed its loss to Rs 123.35 crore in three months to December from Rs 166.15 crore in Q4FY18 owing to higher fuel and staff costs coupled with increased user charges and other related expenses, as per a company presentation.
The Bengaluru-based airline, which is a joint venture between Tata Sons and Malaysian airlines group AirAsia’s investment arm, AirAsia Investment Ltd, follows January-December financial year.
Total revenue during December quarter jumped 65 per cent to Rs 1,057.55 crore as compared with Rs 641.17 crore in the same period of the financial year 2018, aided by higher average fare and capacity, the airline said.
Revenue grew on the back of a 38 per cent increase in capacity and a 19 per cent rise in the average fare.
For the full fiscal, the airline reported around 6 per cent lower losses at Rs 597 crore as against Rs 633.61 crore posted in FY’2018.
“AirAsia India continues to undertake continuous improvement projects to save costs on fuel. Overall Q4FY19 loss before tax narrowed to Rs 1,233.6 million (123.36 crores) compared to Rs 1,661.5 million (166.15 crores) in the same quarter last year,” the company said.
Its expenses also increased in tandem with the rise in revenue, it said, adding that staff costs increased 77 per cent to Rs 164.73 crore due to additional operational staff for the increased number of aircraft and also forward hiring to cater to additional aircraft to be inducted in the first half of 2020.
AirAsia India flew 39 per cent more passengers at 26.85 lakh during the quarter with a load factor of 87 per cent as compared with 19.33 lakh passengers and 86 per cent load factor in December quarter of 2018.
Load or seat factor is a measure of how much of an airline’s passenger carrying capacity is used or the average percentage of seats filled in an aircraft.
The airline added nine new planes to take its fleet size to 28 aircraft during the quarter as against 19 aircraft in December quarter of 2018, as per the presentation.
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