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As the low-cost carrier pushes through a compensation overhaul, the absence of a CEO is complicating a delicate moment.
02 Sept 2026
A premium offering from India’s largest airline has not evoked the expected response from flyers and just goes to show that breaking away from its low-cost DNA isn’t easy.
21 May 2025
Not only was the Tata group stared down by the protesting cabin crew, it had to eat crow by reinstating staff whose services it had terminated. Is the conglomerate’s storied industrial relations record under threat?
13 May 2024
The exodus has set off operational and cultural challenges at the fledgling airline and handed founder Vinay Dube his first big test.
06 Sept 2023
The absence of a limit on drinks served to long-haul passengers, exemptions based on class of travel and letting the crew decide when a flyer has had one too many are compounded by the regulator’s hesitance to act.
21 Jan 2023
Short-haul flights to popular destinations and strategic alliances help India’s largest airline take a surprise lead over Air India in the international market.
25 Oct 2022
The planned merger of the two low-cost carriers comes with red flags for the Tata group’s grand plans for its aviation business under Air India.
19 Sept 2022
Scoot’s Campbell Wilson may not have been the Tatas’ first choice to lead Air India, but his appointment fuels speculation that a merger between AI and Vistara is on the cards.
24 May 2022
Bringing the airline back to the Tata fold is just the beginning of a strenuous test that lies ahead of Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran.
11 Oct 2021
The investigation report blames the two pilots of the Air India Express flight for the Kozhikode crash last year. Are they merely the fall guys for a system that refuses to be held accountable?
16 Sept 2021
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