Tata Group-owned Air India borrows $120 million from Japanese lender SMBC

Japanese lender SMBC on Wednesday said Tata Group-owned Air India has borrowed $120 million from it for purchasing a wide-body aircraft from Airbus. The transaction has partly financed Air India’s purchase of an A350-900 aircraft from Airbus, which was delivered in October 2023, according to an official statement. SMBC said this is a secured debt […]

Air India Express to operate its inaugural flight to Ayodhya on December 30

Air India Express will operate its inaugural flight to Ayodhya from the national capital on December 30 and will commence scheduled daily service on the route from January 16. The Maryada Purushottam Shri Ram International Airport at Ayodhya has an extended runway suitable for A-321/B-737 type aircraft operations. In a release on Wednesday, Air India […]

SpiceJet says interested in buying bankrupt Go First, plans to submit its offer

SpiceJet on Tuesday said it has expressed interest to acquire Go First and plans to submit its offer after carrying out due diligence of the bankrupt carrier. Go First, which stopped flying since May 3 amid financial woes mainly triggered by Pratt & Whitney engine issues, is undergoing an insolvency resolution process. In a regulatory […]

S&P downgrades Vedanta Resources’ rating to ‘CC’ amid bond maturity extensions

Global rating agency S&P Global, which sees rising risks of a “conventional payment default’’, has downgraded Vedanta Resources. Vedanta Resources is the parent of Vedanta Ltd, the diversified domestic firm in the midst of a mega restructuring. The downgrade by S&P came even as VRL announced that it has secured a $1.25-billion loan from private […]

Cash-strapped SpiceJet to raise Rs 2250 crore in funds through equity shares, warrants

Cash-strapped SpiceJet will raise more than Rs 2,250 crore through the issue of up to 130 million convertible warrants and 320.8 million fresh equity shares at an issue price of Rs 50 each. SpiceJet will issue convertible warrants to 64 allottees, including Prabhudas Lilladher Advisory Services, LKP Finance, Martina Developers, and Fincon. The issue price […]

CIL capex set to surpass the target of Rs 16,500 crore as mining activity gains momentum

Coal India expects its capital spend in 2023-24 to surpass the target of Rs 16,500 crore as mining activity gains momentum post-monsoon. The government-owned miner’s capex spend was Rs 10,942 crore at the end of November 2023, 7.6 per cent higher than Rs 9,751 crore in the corresponding period of the previous year. “We are […]

Tata Power EV Charging Solutions signs pact with Indian Oil to install charging points

Tata Power EV Charging Solutions (TPEVCSL), an arm of Tata Power, has inked an agreement with Indian Oil Corporation to install more than 500 fast and ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) charging points in the country. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) between the two will result in Tata Power installing EV charging points across multiple IOC […]