Former Turkish Airlines chairman Ilkar Ayes becomes CEO of Air India

The Air India Board met today to approve the candidature of Ilkar ICI. Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran was a special invitee to the board meeting.

Tata Sons said in a statement, “The Board of Air India has considered the candidature of IC with N Chandrasekaran, Chairman, Tata Sons as a special invitee and approved his appointment, subject to necessary regulatory approvals. subordinated.”

On 27 January, Tata took control of Air India, its subsidiary Air India Express as well as a 50% stake in the joint venture AISATS.

Through competitive bidding process, government sells loss-making Air India to Tales 18,000 crores.

As part of the deal, Tales paid 2,700 crore cash and acquired 15,300 crore debt on the airline was transferred to AIAHL, the remaining loans and borrowings of Air India.

Meanwhile, Air India has asked its cabin crew to wear minimal jewelery to avoid delays in security checks and after completing the immigration process as part of the Tata-owned airline’s efforts to improve performance on time. Asked not to go to duty free shops.

Since acquiring loss-making Air India on January 27, Tata has been working on ways to improve the carrier’s overall performance.

The cabin crew should also follow the same rules and wear minimum jewelery to avoid any delay in customs and security checks, Air India’s acting executive director, inflight services, Vasudha Chandana said in a communication to the cabin crew on Sunday. said.

Once on board, the cabin crew should wear only the items of PPE kit which should be worn as per the latest circular in the shortest possible time and complete the mandatory checks within the stipulated time.

Asking the cabin crew staff not to delay the mandatory preflight check clearance, which can be attributed to the cabin crew, it has advised the cabin supervisor to clear the ground staff for boarding on or before the scheduled time. Give.

Chandana said in the communication that the cabin crew has also been asked not to consume beverages or food before or during the process of boarding of passengers and to assist in faster boarding of the guests.

Also, there should be no delay on the part of the cabin crew in closing the doors of the aircraft, the communication said.

In addition, the airline has also asked the cabin crew to visit the Cabin Crew Movement Control Office or MCO or immigration (at outstation locations) after completing their check-in formalities.

Cabin Crew should not wait for the Commander at the Movement Control/Check-in Counter (at outstation location) and proceed to the aircraft within time.