Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran officially appointed as Chairman of Air India

In a major development, N Chandrasekaran, the chairman of Tata Sons, has been officially appointed as the chairman of Air India. 

Earlier, Tata Sons Chairman N Chandrasekaran had said that Tata group will make Air India financially fit, upgrade aircraft, bring in new fleet and make it the most technologically advanced airline globally. 

Virtually addressing employees of Air India across the globe, he had said for the airline to be the best again there will be an organisational redesign, and it will "require a huge transformation, probably the largest transformation and the change all of you would ever go through". 

The carrier will expand its "outreach both domestically and internationally" and it has the desire to connect India with every part of the globe, he added.

For Tata group, Chandrasekaran said the joining of Air India in its fold will help the conglomerate with the opportunity to represent the aspirations of 130 crore Indians, having already touched the lives of 60 crore Indians through its various brands, including Taj hotels, Tanishq, Tata Salt and Jaguar Land Rover.

He identified four core areas on which Air India will focus under the new management. These are providing best in class customer service, making it the most technologically advanced airline in the world, upgrading and modernising the fleet and hospitality, both in-flight and off-flight.