Arvind Jadhav takes over as Air India chief

Mumbai: Arvind Jadhav Monday took over as the chairman and managing director of National Aviation Co (Nacil), which operates national carrier Air India.
A 1978 batch IAS officer of the Karnataka cadre, Jadhav was officially named for the post May 1. Prior to this, he was principal secretary of the Karnataka government's infrastructure development department.
He played an active role in introducing the public-private partnership (PPP) model to develop the Bangalore International Airport Ltd, a greenfield airport project.
Jadhav took charge from E.K. Bharat Bhushan, who was heading the aviation company for an interim period after the government, unhappy with the performance of Air India, removed the chairman Raghu Menon from the post last week.
However, the government is yet to decide on Menon's new role. Currently, he is on leave till late next month, said an Air India spokesperson.
The change at the helm has come in the backdrop of Air India's falling market share even though it is going through a major fleet expansion programme to induct 111 new Boeing and Airbus aircraft over the next few years.
04/05/09 Noor Khan/Samay Live

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