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Air India, Airline started by JRD Tata In the 1930s, is All set to return to Tata Fold After a long journey of 68 years as the state-owned flag bearer of India. The Center on Friday announced that Tata Sons subsidiary Tales Pvt. Ltd. was the winning bidder for a 100% stake in the debt-ridden airline, which brings to light the government’s multi-year effort to privatize the loss-making airline. Tales emerged as the winner of the two-horse race by taking ₹15,300 crore of Air India’s accumulated debt of over ₹60,000 crore and offering an additional ₹2,700 crore in cash for the government’s equity stake. For Tata, who has maintained a lasting interest in the country’s airline industry and currently owns both a budget carrier, AirAsia India, and a full-service airline, Vistara, the acquisition of Air India marks a significant milestone in achieving scale and synergy. brings opportunities. Level. Along with Air India and its low-cost unit, Air India Express, serving 55 overseas destinations simultaneously, has over 3,000 landing and parking slots, supports a fleet of 141-aircraft long-haul jets and Operates narrow-body aircraft for short flights, and a core membership of the 26-airline Star Alliance, Tata added a global reach unparalleled among Indian carriers in a jiffy. Air India’s 13.2% consolidated market share in domestic traffic as of August also gives the group a more competitive combined share of around 27%, though still 30 percentage points higher than market leader IndiGo.
The Centre, for its part, can take a sigh of relief on its successful exit from the commercial aviation sector, a high-cost industry that has been left in the hands of private carriers by most governments around the world to ensure taxpayers’ money . More meaningfully positioned in the social and strategic sectors. After raking in over ₹1 lakh crore of capital in the last decade alone and seeing a daily loss of over ₹20 crore to Air India, the government’s desperation to cut its losses and call off fire sales is understandable. Comes. Given the pandemic’s impact on public finances and carriers’ operations, especially given the devastating impact on air travel, both domestic and international, certainly prompted the government’s decision to not only absorb 75% of the carrier’s debt, Rather agreeing to take has helped. Tab on medical benefits for former employees. And to protect the interests of the more than 13,000 permanent and contract employees at the airline and its unit, the government has obliged Tales to ensure that there should be no job cuts for at least one year. Nevertheless, integrating the large workforce of the state-run carrier is going to be one of the many serious challenges for Tata. The managerial ability of the group is certain to be tested, to make Air India operational in times of rising fuel costs and COVID-affected air travel.
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