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India Eco Summit: Kingfisher Airlines to raise $600 mn

Vijay Mallya-led Kingfisher Airlines is planning to raise up to $600 million (about Rs 3,000 crore) in the current fiscal to pay-off part of its debt. - India Eco Summit: ICICI to reduce stake in Firstsource - India Eco Summit: UBI defers plan to cut deposit rates - India Eco Summit: Infosys BPO to hire 2,000 by FY10-end - India Eco Summit: Accenture to hire 8,000 in India - India Eco Summit: "Food inflation to ease by fiscal-end" - India Eco Summit: Pfizer to launch another product in India "We are in discussions with PE (private equity) players to raise $400 million, the negotiations are in advanced stages... "We have also taken shareholders nod for raising $100 million through rights issue and $100 million through GDR (Global Depository Receipts)," Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya told reporters on the sidelines of the India Economic Summit here. The money is likely to be raised in the current financial year and it would be used for "retiring debts", he added. He also said that the airline would start services to more international destinations for which it has got approval from the government. "We are making better use of narrow-body aircraft by extending flights to neighbouring countries for which we have applied to the government in certain cases. We are waiting for permission. In certain cases, we have got the permission and we will start these operations," he said.


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