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Airline shares fall on fuel price hike reports

Rising oil prices comes as bad news for airlines, which have been struggling under mounting debt

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Reuters Mumbai
Last Updated : Jan 24 2013 | 2:11 AM IST

 Airline stocks drop on media reports state-owned oil companies have raised aviation turbine fuel prices by about 1.7 percent on account of higher crude prices.

Jet Airways falls 2 percent, Kingfisher Airlines and SpiceJet decline 1 percent each.

Rising oil prices comes as bad news for airlines, which have been struggling under mounting debt and a weaker rupee that makes oil imports more expensive.

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First Published: Jul 17 2012 | 2:40 PM IST

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