SpiceJet offers $4 Covid tests to get people flying

One airline in India has hit upon a new way to make a bit of extra money while encouraging people back on planes -- sell them Covid-19 tests. SpiceJet, India’s second-largest carrier, is offering coronavirus screening to passengers for as little as 299 rupees ($4). That’s about one-third the current market rate. SpiceHealth, the unit selling the tests, has also set up mobile-testing facilities for the general public in Mumbai and New Delhi, where starting from 499 rupees, people can come in or have a sample collected from their home. No-frills carrier SpiceJet posted a net loss of 569.6mn rupees in the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared with a profit of 732m rupees a year earlier.<br/>