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IndiGo to retire Rs1,166 cr debt from IPO proceeds

PTI

Set to hit the capital markets with Rs3,268 crore IPO next week, InterGlobe Aviation today said it will retire nearly one-third of its total debt of Rs3,912 crore from the share-sale proceeds.

InterGlobe Aviation is the holding company of IndiGo airline. The company said it will retire Rs1,166 crore out of its Rs3,912-crore debt from the IPO proceeds.

Stating that the airline has not a single penny in working capital or non-aircraft purchase related debt, company President Aditya Ghosh said the entire Rs3,912-crore debt it has is related to aircraft purchases.

Out of its nine years of existence, it has been profitable in seven years, he claimed. “For us the company turning a negative networth of Rs139 crore is a non-event”, Ghosh said.