The Tata Group has recently made two major announcements that are screaming expansion for Air India. The first announcement was a merger between Air India and Vistara Airlines which is Tata’s joint venture with Singapore Airlines (SIA). The second announcement came just weeks later after the fir...
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“At the Tata group, we are delighted to be declared as the winner of the bid for AIR INDIA. This is a historic moment, and it will be a rare privilege for our group to own and operate the country’s flag bearer airline. It will be our endeavour to build a world-class airline tha...
Vineet Malhotra, co-founder and director at Kale Logistics Solutions, noted that, as Apple planned to shift some 25% of its manufacturing capacity to India, it would be interesting to see how Tata-led Air India leveraged its air cargo capabilities for iPhone exports, predominantly sold in the ...
“The merger of Vistara and Air India is an important milestone in our journey to make Air India a truly world-class airline. We are transforming Air India, with the aim of providing great customer experience, every time, for every customer. As part of the transformation, Air India...
The government has been trying to find ways to write off much of Air India’s debt, which has been the biggest hurdle to a sale, before putting the company in private hands in an effort to make it a profitable exercise. “This has been done to encourage a good bidding process, as we...
The inauguration of the TATA Aircraft Complex in Gujarat's Vadodara to manufacture C-295 military transport aircraft marks a key milestone in India’s journey toward Atmanirbharta in defence, as the country reached Rs 1.27 lakh crore in domestic defence
Tatabought a 100% shareholdingin state-run Air India in January through its vehicle Talace Private Limited in a USD2.4 billion equity-and-debt deal. It currently has an 83.67% stake in AirAsia India, with AirAsia Investment Ltd, part of Malaysia’sCapital A(formerlyAirAsia Group), holding th...
“However, this landscape has dramatically shifted, with around 65 per cent of defence equipment now manufactured within India,” the government added. The TATA-Airbus facility in Vadodara has become the first private sector final assembly line (FAL) for military aircraft in India, underscor...
He added that a layover of four to five hours would be inconvenient, thus Air India intends to “fly from just not one hub but multiple ones in the country” to serve more people with “a product that they are wanting but are not getting”....