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Air India Limited

Airline holding company of Air India


Summary

Airline holding company of Air India

FieldValue
nameAir India Limited
logoAir India 2023.svg
typeSubsidiary
foundation
locationGurugram, Haryana, India
key_people{{Unbulleted list
industryAviation
services
divisions*Air India
ownerTata Group (74.9%)
Singapore Airlines (25.1%)
revenue(FY25)
net_income(FY25)
num_employees~18,000 (2024)

| N. Chandrasekaran (chairman) | Campbell Wilson (CEO & MD)

  • Airline
  • Air travel
  • Aircraft ground handling
  • Air India Express
  • Air India SATS Airport Services
  • AI Airport Services Singapore Airlines (25.1%) Air India Limited is an Indian aviation holding company, notably consisting of Air India and Air India Express, headquartered in Gurgaon. The company is owned by Tata Group (74.9%) and Singapore Airlines (25.1%). Until 2022, it was a central public sector undertaking under the ownership of Government of India and administrative control of Ministry of Civil Aviation.

History

Air India Limited was incorporated on 30 March 2007 as the National Aviation Company of India Limited to oversee the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines. It was renamed as Air India Limited on 26 October 2010.

Air India Limited was privatized through its sale to the Tata Group. On 8 October 2021, Tata Sons paid to Government of India, with Tata also assuming of Air India Limited's debt as per the transfer deal. The remaining of Air India Limited's debt was also transferred to AlAHL.

The Tata Group requested approval from the CCI to merge AirAsia India and Vistara with Air India Limited in April 2022, which was granted on 14 June 2022. After the completion of Vistara's merger with Air India in 2024, Singapore Airlines obtained a 25.1% stake in Air India Limited.

On the anniversary of the airline's founder J. R. D. Tata's birth in 2023, its headquarters in Gurgaon was inaugurated.

Structure==

Corporate structure

On 15 April 2022, Alliance Air was no longer a subsidiary of Air India Limited. Alliance Air is now the only airline under the control of the Government of India.

References

References

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  2. "Tata Sons Annual Report 2025". Tata Sons.
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  6. (8 October 2021). "After 70 yrs, the Maharaja returns home to the Tatas".
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  8. (10 October 2021). "Another smaller government-owned airline to go under hammer".
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  10. Phadnis, Arindam Maujmder & Aneesh. (2022-04-27). "Tata Group approaches CCI for merger between Air India and AirAsia India". Business Standard.
  11. . (2022-06-14). ["CCI approves proposed acquisition of AirAsia India by Air India"](https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/cci-approves-acquisition-of-airasia-india-by-air-india-122061400783_1.html). *Business Standard*.
  12. (13 November 2024). "Air India, Singapore Airlines announce successful completion of Air India-Vistara merger". The Indian Express.
  13. "Air India corporate information".
  14. (16 April 2022). "Alliance Air Airline Now Under Govt of India, Here is All You Need to Know About it".
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