New dawn for Air India: Jyotiraditya Scindia on airline's sale to Tata Group

Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said Air India's sale to the Tata Group marks a new dawn for the airline.

Air India's sale to the Tata Group marks a new dawn for the airline, Civil Aviation Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Friday as he hoped that the carrier would continue to bring people closer through successful operations. Air India’s return to @TataCompanies marks a new dawn for the airline! My best wishes to the new management, and congratulations to @SecyDIPAM & @MoCA_GoI for successfully concluding the difficult task of paving a new runway for the airline to take off!1/2 I hope the airline will continue to deliver on its mission of bringing people closer through its successful operations. 2/2

Earlier in the day, the government announced that Talace Private Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Sons, has beaten a consortium led by SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh by offering Rs 18,000 crore to win the bid to acquire debt-laden Air India.