Thursday, March 5, 2009

Despite some government assistance, further consolidation seems imminent

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, an optimistic Binit Somaia, Director, Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation doesn’t see cause for alarm as he asserts, “This alliance will rationalise capacity and in turn should improve the financial performance of all players. There will be an increase in prices, but fare increase and higher load factors will improve the health of the industry.” Moreover, Spicejet is also looking to synergise with any of the low cost carriers in the country; primarily GoAir or Indigo, in order to cut down on costs. And the result of Jet’s decision to cut 1900 jobs is not hidden from anyone now, as the airline was forced to reinstate the sacked employees a day after. Clearly, these aviation majors are making every possible effort at their end to sustain in these bad times; but till now, every effort has unfortunately failed to remove the red ink.

An excerpt from Warren Buffet’s letter to its shareholders is relevant even for our aviation sector, as he said, “The airline industry’s demand for capital ever since that first flight has been insatiable. Investors have poured money into a bottomless pit, attracted by growth when they should have been repelled by it.” But you will easily find players still optimistic on growth and consider this period only as a temporary blip. But as far as trends go, the bottom seems nowhere in sight w.r.t. the downfall of Indian aviation. And we can only see consolidation, and more consolidation, in the offing.


Pawan Chabra


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