Patel to review Air India's plan on Wednesday

New Delhi: With polling in Maharashtra going to be over on Tuesday, aviation minister and senior NCP leader Praful Patel is finally turning his attention to the issue of Air India's survival. He has called for a review meeting of progress made on AI's cost-cutting plan in Mumbai on Wednesday. Apart from the top brass of AI, Patel will also meet union leaders to come to some agreement on the thorny issue of wage cuts.
Patel will meet the trinity of AI — financial advisor to the ministry Bharat Bhushan, airline CMD Arvind Jadhav and joint secretary Prashant Sukul. After the recent pilot strike, there was a general feeling that nothing should be done till the Maharashtra poll is over as that would mean opening too many fronts at the same time for Patel. So a day after polling, he will meet the top management and unions as the ministry has to prepare a cabinet note for fund infusion into AI at the earliest, said sources.
13/10/09 Saurabh Sinha/Times of India

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