May 9 (Reuters) - India's InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, owner of the country's largest airline, IndiGo, posted a nearly 25 percent fall in quarterly profit, hurt by rising fuel costs. Net profit fell to 4.40 billion rupees ($68.04 million) in the quarter ended March 31, compared with 5.84 billion rupees a year earlier, the company said on Tuesday. (http://bit.ly/2qWPV9N) Fuel costs during the fourth quarter rose 71 percent to 17.51 billion rupees from the year-ago period, InterGlobe said. The company also said it had signed a term sheet with European Turboprop Maker Avions de Transport Regional G.I.E. (ATR) to buy 50 ATR 72-600 aircraft.
