Kingfisher Airlines tumbles as employees refrain to resume work until paid

10 Oct 2012 Evaluate

Kingfisher Airlines is currently trading at its lower circuit limit of Rs. 11.45, down by 0.55 points or 4.58% from its previous closing of Rs. 12.00 on the BSE.

The scrip opened at Rs. 11.45 and has touched a high and low of Rs. 11.45 and Rs. 11.45 respectively. So far 113081 shares were traded on the counter.

The BSE group 'B' stock of face value Rs. 10 has touched a 52 week high of Rs. 30.90 on 07-Feb-2012 and a 52 week low of Rs. 7.01 on 13-Aug-2012.

Last one week high and low of the scrip stood at Rs. 13.90 and Rs. 11.45 respectively. The current market cap of the company is Rs. 925.99 crore.

The promoters holding in the company stood at 35.86% while Institutions and Non-Institutions held 14.30% and 49.84% respectively.

Debt-strapped Kingfisher Airlines’ employees have decided not to resume work until the company pays their seven months’ salary.  Kingfisher employees were gathered at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar for a protest on October 9, 2012. The management is of the view that flights will resume from October 13, however the employees are firm on their decision.

Employee’s claiming that while the Indian staff was unpaid for several months, those manning offices in London and Hong Kong were being paid as the law there is more stringent. On October 1st, the airline had declared a lock-out, after sections of staff, including engineers, went on strike. Initially, the lock-out was till October 4, but was later extended till October 12. 

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