 "SpiceJet")
SpiceJet is likely to receive an additional Rs 1,000 crore loan under the Centre’s modified Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to help the airline clear its dues, pay lessors on time, and induct new Boeing 737 Max planes, sources said on Wednesday.
The loss-making airline had last month taken approximately Rs 225 crore as a loan under the old ECLGS, the sources mentioned. The Centre in 2020 started the ECLGS to provide collateral-free and government-guaranteed loans to businesses affected by the Covid pandemic.
On August 31, the airline’s Chairman and Managing Director Ajay Singh said that the airline would
