India begins sale of erstwhile national carrier Air India’s 2 subsidiaries
NEW DELHI: The government of India has initiated the process of privatising 2 subsidiaries AIASL and AIESL of erstwhile national carrier Air India, an official said. The Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has initiated investor meetings and roadshows to gauge interest in AIASL and AIESL. We will soon invite EoIs from interested […]
Tata Group appoints Campbell Wilson as CEO & MD of Air India
NEW DELHI: The Tata Group said that it has appointed Campbell Wilson as CEO & MD of Air India. Wilson is currently CEO of Singapore Airline’s low-cost subsidiary Scoot. Earlier this year, Tata Group had named Turkish Airlines Chairman Ilker Ayci as Air India’s CEO & MD, but he subsequently denied the position. Wilson, 50, […]
Air India back under Tatas wings
NEW DELHI: Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group on Thursday took over Air India and vowed to turn the loss-making carrier, it had founded but had lost control nearly seven decades back, into a world-class airline. N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, which in October last year beat a consortium led by rival SpiceJet promoter to win […]
Government paying Rs 20 crore daily on Air India, wants quick handover: DIPAM Secretary
NEW DELHI: Two aborted missions, three different ministers, multiple rule changes and two decades later, Indian taxpayers will no longer have to pay Rs 20 crore per day to keep the loss-making Air India flying. While opposition Congress expectedly attacked the decision as selling the family silver, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said what Tata […]
Work to monetise Alliance Air, 3 other Air India subsidiaries to start: DIPAM Secretary
NEW DELHI: After the historic Air India privatisation, the government will now start work on monetising its four other subsidiaries, including Alliance Air, and over Rs 14,700 crore worth non-core assets like land and building, DIPAM Secretary Tuhin Kanta Pandey said. The government on October 8 had announced that salt-to-software conglomerate Tatas have won the […]
Tatas retakes Air India, makes Rs 18,000 crore winning bid
NEW DELHI: Tata Sons will retake Air India – the airline it founded nearly 90 years back – as the Narendra Modi government accepted its winning bid of Rs 18,000 crore to acquire 100 per cent of the debt-laden state-run carrier. Talace Pvt Ltd, a unit of the holding company of salt-to-software conglomerate, made the […]
Cairn Energy sues Air India to enforce $1.2 billion arbitration award: Report
NEW DELHI: Cairn Energy has sued India’s flagship carrier Air India to enforce a $1.2 billion arbitration award that it won in a tax dispute against India, according to a US District Court filing reviewed by Reuters. The move ratchets up pressure on India’s government to pay the sum of $1.2 billion plus interest and […]
Air India flight with all-woman cockpit crew successfully lands at Bengaluru airport
NEW DELHI: Air India’s longest direct flight from San Francisco to Bengaluru with an all-woman cockpit crew successfully landed in the southern city on Monday. The national carrier had said on Saturday that this flight would be the longest commercial flight in the world to be operated by any Indian airline and the total flight […]
Modi government invites EoI for strategic sale of Shipping Corporation
NEW DELHI: The Narendra Modi government (Centre) has expanded its strategic disinvestment plan for current fiscal initiating the sell-off plan for Shipping Corporation of India Ltd (SCI) by inviting expression of interest from potential interested parties. The government proposes to sell its entire shareholding of 63.75 per cent in the listed entity to a buyer […]
Air India privatisation unlikely to conclude this fiscal
NEW DELHI: Privatisation of Air India may spill into next fiscal year as the divestment process is unlikely to conclude in the remaining a little over three months of 2020-21, an official said. Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group and US-based fund Interups Inc were among “multiple” entities that put in preliminary bids last week for buying […]
Disqualify Tata Sons from Air India bid: Subramanian Swamy
NEW DELHI: BJP’s Rajya Sabha MP Subramanian Swamy has said that Tata Sons or any of its partners should be disqualified from bidding for national carrier Air India. Swamy has written to Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on this. “In public interest and in the interest of justice, Tata Sons and/or with any other […]
Kanti Commercials and consortium puts in EoI for Air India
NEW DELHI: Kanti Commercials, followed by Fragment Nivesh and Enormous Nivesh are the top three companies that are leading a consortium, which put an EoI for Air India. “We are very much eligible to bid for the disinvestment programme of Air India and have expertise in turning around sick industrial enterprises into profitable ones, said […]
Tata Sons among multiple bidders to buy national carrier Air India
NEW DELHI: Salt-to-software conglomerate Tata Group was among “multiple” entities that on Monday put in preliminary bids for buying the government’s stake in loss-making carrier Air India. “Multiple expressions of interest have been received for strategic disinvestment of Air India. The Transaction will now move to the second stage,” Department of Investment and Public Asset […]
Air India’s direct Hyderabad-Chicago flight from January 15
NEW DELHI: Hyderabad is all set to get a non-stop connectivity with the United States as Air India will launch its direct flight from the city to Chicago from January 15. The national carrier will operate the flight bi-weekly, GMR-led Hyderabad International Airport announced on Wednesday. The airline will operate Boeing 777-200 aircraft, with a […]
Ram Nath Kovind inaugurates Air India One flight
NEW DELHI: President of India Ram Nath Kovind on Tuesday boarded the Air India One — B777 aircraft — on its inaugural flight to Chennai. “The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind boarded the Air India One – B777 aircraft for inaugural flight to Chennai today (November 24, 2020). He is visiting Tirupati, Andhra […]
Air India to raise Rs 6,150 crore in short term loan for aircraft refinancing
NEW DELHI: Air India is raising Rs 6150 crore in short-term loans to refinance foreign currency bridge loans taken to buy seven Boeing 787 and 777 aircraft. Air India is looking to repay its aircraft debt towards six Boeing 787 Dreamliners and one Boeing 777, Aviators Buzz reported. Air India has floated a bid document […]