Key Points
Four months ago, Tata Group announced the consolidation of Air India and Vistara..
While Vistaras staff will likely be absorbed into the larger Air India, Vinod Kannan, CEO, Vistara, is yet to decide about his own future..
We need approvals from the antitrust regulator not just in India but from similar authorities from places where we (Air India and Vistara) have operations..
Beyond that the intention is to also have them absorbed into the integrated entity because the scale that we are looking at is almost 2.5-3 times than present.. What is the composition of Vistaras staff?..
Out of the 5,100+ staff at Vistara, 80% are operational staff made of pilots, cabin crew and engineers, without whom the aircraft cannot fly..
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