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An employee of SpiceJet Airlines speaks with a passenger at the ticket counter at an airport on the outskirts of Agartala, capital of India's northeastern state of Tripura, December 17, 2014. The parent of India's SpiceJet Ltd said it can't afford to bail out the cash-strapped budget carrier that was forced to ground its entire fleet on Wednesday after creditor oil firms refused to refuel the aircraft. The loss-making airline, majority-owned by billionaire media tycoon Kalanithi Maran's Sun Group, has a fleet of around 22 Boeing Co planes but owes nearly $100 million to a raft of creditors including state-owned oil companies. This week it asked the Indian government for help to keep its aircraft in the air. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)
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