'Appoint Administrator with Political Backing in AI'


Amitabha Roychowdhury

Singapore, Jun 13 (PTI) Ailing Air India needs an effective administrator with full powers and political backing to take urgent decisions for a turnaround, a top global aviation official has said.

"If you delay it (merger of human resources of the two erstwhile carriers) further, it becomes a mess. Between Indian Airlines and Air India there are many (salary) grades. If it doesn't integrate well, then it becomes a nightmare", IATA chief Giovanni Bisignani told PTI here.

To questions on the acute problems faced by the Indian national carrier, he expressed "disappointment" over the crucial pending issues relating to the merger of the two former state-run airlines and said "there has to be a political consensus because it has to happen fast".

The merger, including integration of employees, "is something to be handled in a very effective manner. Put an administrator with full powers.

  

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