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Air India comes back to the Tata Group, after a long gap of 69 years. Now, the Tata Group has three airlines under the brand, which includes Air India, AirAsia India and Vistara. The organisation is overwhelmed with the association and soon after the formal handover it tweeted "Your arrival was much-awaited." In 1932, the Tata group launched Tata Airlines, which was renamed Air India in 1946. The Indian Government took over Air India in 1953, whereas Jamshed Ratan Tata continued as the chairman of the airline till 1977. Air India Merging With Tata Group Deal N Chandrasekaran, chairman of the Tata Group said, "We are excited to have Air India back in the Tata Group and are committed to making this a world-class airline. I warmly welcome all the employees of Air India t...

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We The Tax-Payers, And The GOI’S Decadently Sweet Air India Deal

Vasudha SOctober 22, 20210

The BJP government finally sold off the debt-ridden maharaja. What is the real cost of this deal? Air India and its iconic Maharaja mascot Do we still need to discuss the Air India deal? If you are among those honest tax-paying Indian citizens who’ve heaved a huge sigh of relief at the closure of the Air India deal, thinking that the Maharaja is finally off your backs, you definitely need to discuss it. You have been successfully duped into believing a lie. Air India, like a clingy Betaal, will stick to our collective tax-paying backs for a long time to come. In fact, Air India’s liabilities will long outlast the present BJP government too. That’s how cloyingly sweet the AI deal is. Perhaps, Tata couldn’t have asked for more. Confused? Quite likely you are, given that the mai...