Shares of SpiceJet zoomed nearly 13 per cent today after the company posted its first profit in seven quarters.
The stock surged 12.69 per cent to Rs 21.30 on the BSE.
Coming out of the red after seven quarters, SpiceJet posted Rs 22.51-crore net profit in the January-March quarter, helped by a Rs 650-crore funding by a new promoter, renegotiated contracts with its vendors and provisioning for re-delivery expenses.
The airline had reported a net loss of Rs 321.50 crore in the fourth quarter of FY14. SpiceJet has also for the first time reported profit in the fourth quarter of a fiscal since 2010.
The new promoter, Ajay Singh, has so far infused Rs 650 crore in the carrier, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of SpiceJet, Kiran Koteshwar said, whose appointment as the full-time CFO was approved by the airline board yesterday.
Despite profit, the airline’s income from operations declined almost half to Rs 786.32 crore in the reporting quarter compared with Rs 1,573.75 crore a year earlier.
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