kingfisher airlines financial crisis
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PRESENTED BY:MANISH KUMAR
SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENTNIT ROURKELA
AGENDAHistoryCurrent scenarioAccumulated debtConsequence of crisesStart of the crisisPayment problemsCompetitor analysisSwot analysisConclusionSuggestion
HISTORY Kingfisher Airlines Ltd. (KAIR) is a private airline
based in Bangalore, India.
Owned by Vijay Mallya of United Beverages Group .
Tag line- “FLY THE GOOD TIME”.
Kingfisher Airlines started its operations on May 9, 2005, with a fleet of 4 brand new Airbus - A320.
It started its international operations on 3 September 2008 by connecting Bangalore with London.
Cont..Kingfisher Airlines is one of the only seven airlines
awarded 5-star rating by skytrax.
Kingfisher operates 400 daily flights with regional and long-haul international services.
In May 2009,KFA carried more than 1 million passengers, giving it the highest market share among airlines in India.
Until December 2011,KFA had the second largest share in India’s domestic air travel market.
First Indian Airlines to have in flight entertainment
systems on every seat with guest being able to watch TV in flight.
CURRENT SCENARIOThe DGCA suspended its flying license on
October 20,2012.KFA has temporarily shut down its
operations .Due to financial problem it has reduced the
fleet from 63 to 16.
FINANCIAL CRISISThe Kingfisher Airlines financial crisis refers to a
series of events that led to severe disruptions within Kingfisher Airlines.
Ever since the airline commenced operations in 2005, it has been reporting losses.
After acquiring Air Deccan, Kingfisher suffered a loss of over 1,000 crore for three consecutive years.
By early 2012, the airline accumulated losses of over 7,000 crore.
CONSEQUENCE OF CRISESIts half of its fleet grounded.
Salaries delayed.
Several members of its staff going on strike.
Kingfisher's position in top Indian airlines on the basis of market share had slipped to last from 2 because of the crisis.
START OF THE CRISISThe start of the crisis was the freezing of the
bank accounts of the airline by the Income Tax Department.
As on 10th Jan 2012, Kingfisher Airlines has service tax arrears of 60 crore.
KFA has not been depositing service tax collected from passenger with the department since November 2011 on regular basis and instead has been diverting it for other purpose on regular basis.
ACCUMULATED DEBT KFA has a debt of Rs 8030 crore.
KFA has been loosing money from day one and has accumulated losses around RS 8000 crore.
Cumulative due exceeds Rs 15000 crore.
PAYMENT PROBLEMSKingfisher Airline has staff strength of 6,000
and spends 58 crore on salaries a month.
Airlines delayed salaries of its employees in August 2011, and for four months in succession from October 2011 to January 2012.
Kingfisher also defaulted on paying the Tax Deducted at Source from the employee income to the tax department.
Conti…HPCL: In Jul 2011, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation
Limited (HPCL) stopped the fuel (ATF) supplies for about two hours to Kingfisher airlines owing to the non-payment of dues.
Bharat Petroleum Corporation in 2009 had filed a case against Kingfisher airlines for non-payment of dues(250 cr).
Since 2008, it has been reported that Kingfisher Airlines has been unable to pay the aircraft lease rentals on time.
As a result, Kingfisher had to return the A320 aircraft to GECAS.
Cont… Kingfisher received a notice from the Airports Authority of India
on February 2012 regarding accumulated dues of 255.06 crore.
Kingfisher Airlines had not paid some bankers (Lenders) as per the Debt Recast Package (DRP) with lending banks.
By Feb 2012, Kingfisher has been declared NPA (Non-performing asset) by following banks
• SBI • Bank of Baroda • PNB • IDBI • Central bank • BOI • Corporation Bank
SOURCE: MONEYCONTROL
BALANCE SHEET
FY 08 FY 09 FY 10 FT 11 FY 12
-4000
-2000
0
2000
4000
6000
8000
10000
1569.9
5868.07
4734.62
6314.965823.91
1781.46
5822.374747.51
5289.34
7651.81
-188.14
-1608.83 -1647.22-1027.4
-2328.01
INCOMEEXPENDITUREPROFIT
COMPETITOR ANALYSIS
ATTRIBUTES KINGFISHER JET AIRWAYS SPICE JET
Price 25% higher than jetAirways and Indian
Lower than Kingfisher airlines
Extremely low
Permission to fly to US
NO YES NA
Permission to fly to UK
YES YES NA
IPO Floated Floated Floated
Targeted Customer
Both ends of customer
Both ends of customer
Lower end of customers
Positioning Premium Domestic Segment
Premium Domestic Segment and international Segment
Lowest fares and nofrills
SOURCE:MONEYCONTROL
COMPARISION WITH COMPETITORINCOME(CR)
EXPENSES(CR)
PROFIT(CR)
TOTAL ASSET(CR)
KINGFISHER 5823.91 7651.81 -2328.01 2947.61
JET AIRWAYS
15477.39 13369.66 -1236.10 12048.61
SPICE JET 4019.11 4541.62 -605.77 708.20
CONTAINER CORP
4377.49 3037.22 877.88 5606.43
COMPARISION WITH COMPETITORFACE VALUE(RS)
LAST SHARE PRICE IN NSE(RS)
MARKET CAP(CR)
KINGFISHER 10 13.20 1067.51
JET AIRWAYS 10 350.65 3027.30
SPICE JET 10 34.40 1666.16
CONTAINER CORP
10 1012.55 13161.41
SWOT ANALYSIS STRENGTH: Strong brand value
Support from parent company
Add 1 million passenger created a year
Weakness Financial issue due to heavy Debt.
Laying of employees caused a bad image.
Unable to generate expected returns on investment done.
Overspending of funds.
SWOT ANALYSIS Opportunity: The Indian aviation industry is growing at a rate of 24% per year.
Large number of domestic untapped routes.
Disposable income especially in middle class has increases. Threats Rising fuel cost.
Govt. policies
Least cost carrier.
CONCLUSION Financial crisis of KFA was due to following
reasons:
High fuel prices.
Huge interest outgo due to heavy investment in purchase of aircraft.
Overspending/Expenses
Highly competitive industry
Business model was not effective.
Deregulation Act.
Recession-lose passenger(High operation cost due to low demand).
SUGGESTIONForeign Investment .
Fuel efficient planes for shorter distance.
Improve revenue per passenger.
Avoid aggressive expansion of fleets.
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