
Tata-Air India: Too much to chew
The Tata group has evinced interest in buying Air India, even as it already owns loss-making airlines AirAsia India and Vistara. Despite its deep pockets, turning around Air India may not come easy.
The Tata group has evinced interest in buying Air India, even as it already owns loss-making airlines AirAsia India and Vistara. Despite its deep pockets, turning around Air India may not come easy.
While the Jet 2.0 programme is aimed at reviving the past glory of Jet Airways, the airline's new investors need to have the appetite for losses and commitment to investing top dollar. Will they?
Chief strategy officer Vinod Kannan, a Singapore Airlines veteran, will take over from Kapoor.
Apart from the billions of dollars needed to resurrect the beleaguered airline, its re-entry into the low-cost carrier-dominated Indian aviation market is viewed with scepticism.
Vistara is all set to go global, but is its premium positioning enough to win the international market over?
Five years after it made its formal return to aviation, Tata Group finds itself facing a conundrum. Does it choose a complex merger with Jet Airways or be patient and grow organically?
Vistara CEO says he is aware of the competition that the airline will face internationally, but not worried.
IndiGo and Jet Airways have opted out of the race for Air India, but global interest in buying a stake in the debt-ridden national carrier might still help it fly out of turbulent weather.
British Airways, German airlines Lufthansa, Etihad Airways, Singapore Airlines and Malaysian Airlines have shown interest in buying the national carrier