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Air India Turnaround Timeline 2022–2026: Why Tata Says the Transformation Could Take a De…

The Air India turnaround timeline tracks the multi-year corporate restructuring of India's former state-run carrier since Tata Sons completed its acquisition o…

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TATA TAKEOVER 2022

Tata Sons Officially Completes Acquisition of Air India from the Government

Tata Group subsidiary Talace Private Limited officially took management control of Air India, paying an enterprise value of ₹18,000 crore to the Government of India. Thi…

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VIHAAN.AI LAUNCH

Air India Unveils Vihaan.AI Transformation Roadmap

CEO and Managing Director Campbell Wilson unveiled Vihaan.AI, a five-year transformation plan targeting at least 30 percent domestic market share and a path to sustained…

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RECORD AIRCRAFT ORDER

Air India Places Historic 470-Aircraft Order with Airbus and Boeing

Air India placed a firm-and-option order for 470 aircraft split between Airbus and Boeing — widebody jets including the A350 and 777X alongside narrowbody planes — one o…

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FIRST A350 ARRIVAL

Air India Takes Delivery of Its First Airbus A350-900

Air India's first A350-900, registration VT-JRA, landed in New Delhi from Airbus's Toulouse facility carrying the airline's new livery and cabin design — the first tangi…

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VISTARA MERGER

Air India and Vistara Complete Historic Airline Merger

Tata Sons completed the merger of full-service carrier Vistara into Air India, consolidating the group's premium operations under one brand. Singapore Airlines, Vistara'…

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CABIN RETROFIT DRIVE

Air India Rolls Out Legacy Cabin Retrofit Programme

Air India began a multi-hundred-crore interior retrofit of older Boeing 777 and Airbus A320neo aircraft — new seating, cabin lighting and Wi-Fi — to bridge the gap while…

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5-TO-10-YEAR REFRAME

Chandrasekaran Reframes the Turnaround as a Five-to-Ten-Year Journey

Tata Sons chairman N. Chandrasekaran told shareholders the Air India transformation, launched as a five-year plan in 2022, should now be understood as a five-to-ten-year…

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LEADERSHIP RESET

Air India Names Tewolde Gebremariam Incoming CEO & MD, Succeeding Campbell Wils…

Air India announced Tewolde Gebremariam — who spent over 35 years at Ethiopian Airlines, including a decade-plus as its CEO, during which revenue grew more than four-fol…

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FUNDING REQUEST REPORTED

Air India Reportedly Seeks $1.5 Billion in Fresh Equity

Reuters reported Air India is seeking roughly $1.5 billion in fresh equity from Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, after a combined FY26 loss of about ₹22,238 crore (~$2.…

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