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Return of prodigal son Air India to Tata fold; a timeline of privatisation of national carrier
Anulekha Ray •The Tata Group-Air India relationship went back to 1932 when legendary industrialist and India's first commercially licensed pilot JRD Tata had launched the national carrier
'JRD Tata would have been overjoyed': Tatas' love affair with Maharaja never went off radar
Cnnnews18 •For the Tatas, the original owners of Air India, bringing back the airline to its fold is worth the wait even if the attempt to privatise the bleeding national carrier by successive governments has taken over two decades
Air India returns to founder after 68 years; real work for Tata Group to begin post acquisition
Satyendra Pandey •As the Tatas start to revive the airline post acquisition, Air India faces the dual challenge of intense competition in the domestic market, which also includes possibly two new airlines
Opinion | Integrating flights will be Tatas first and biggest hurdle after buying Air India
Ameya Joshi •With four different airlines in the same family, the Ratan Tata-led company will have to ensure that they don't eat into each other’s traffic
Coronavirus Outbreak: Air India unions challenge airline's decision to slash allowances by 10% in Mumbai High Court
•Air India employee unions have moved the Bombay High Court against the airline's decision to slash allowances, which form a major part of the salary, by ten percent because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic
Coronavirus Lockdown: Air India pilot unions urge govt to provide financial support to clear wage backlog
•Air India's pilot unions IPG and ICPA has urged Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri to "urgently" provide financial support to the national carrier amid private airlines' cry for a bailout package in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak
Air India divestment process looks very uncertain due to COVID-19 crisis, says CRISIL
•The disinvestment process for national carrier Air India looks "very uncertain" in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic that has impacted the aviation sector the most globally, according to rating agency CRISIL
Air India sale: DPIIT notifies decision to permit NRIs to own up to 100% stake in cash-strapped national carrier
•The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) has notified a decision of the union cabinet to allow non-resident Indians (NRIs) to control up to 100 percent stake in disinvestment-bound Air India
Govt needs to infuse Rs 3,000 cr in Air India to ensure continuity of operations as sale process to get delayed: CAPA
•The government's plan to privatise flag carrier Air India will be further delayed and it will have to infuse up to Rs 3,000 crore to ensure continuity of operations till the sale process gets over, the Centre for Pacific Aviation (CAPA) said on Wednesday
Air India disinvestment process going on 'extremely well'; govt may extend initial bids deadline: Aviation minister Hardeep Singh Puri
•Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Friday indicated that the deadline for submission of preliminary bids for Air India could be extended even as he emphasised that the disinvestment process is going on "extremely well"