Air India's loss widens to Rs 57 bn in FY17 from Rs 38 bn in FY16

Air India's provisional loss for FY17 was Rs 37.28 bn; officials say the inflation in losses is likely due to certain non-disclosures by the company in the provisional figures

Contrary to popular belief that Air India made a turnaround under the current National Democratic Alliance government, figures show that its loss widened instead. According to figures provided in Parliament by minister of state for civil aviation Jayant Sinha, the state-owned carrier registered a loss of Rs 57.65 billion in FY17, Rs 19.29 billion higher than Rs 38.36 billion loss in FY16.
 
The figures reflect significant deviation from the minister’s own parliamentary disclosure on July 27, 2017. Sinha had then said that Air India’s provisional loss for FY17 was Rs 37.28 billion — almost Rs 20 billion less than