There’s almost no chance outside investors will step in to save the ailing airline when even owner Vjiay Mallya is hesitant to divert funds into its resurrection.
The airline’s restructuring plan, to be submitted to the government by year’s end, will make or break the airline as its employees and lenders have reached their wits’ end.
The delay points to a more likely coupling with U.S. Airways as AMR adjusts its plan to accomodate merger concerns as well as lingering labor issues with the pilots' union.
Mallya is now liquidating any and all of his assets to cover personal and business debts, but even if they are resolved and Kingfisher makes a turnaround, his reputation will likely never be repaired.