Air India, Indian Airlines merger a ‘very bad idea’: Karan Singh

New Delhi: The country’s first Aviation Minister, Mr Karan Singh today opposed the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, calling it a “very bad idea“.
“To my mind, the merger was a very bad idea. The two airlines —— one based in Delhi and the other in Mumbai —— had different ethos, different philosophy,” he said while delivering the first Rajiv Gandhi Memorial Lecture organised by the Civil Aviation Ministry here.
He said a proposal for merging the two erstwhile state- run air carriers was “mooted even when I was a minister. But I firmly rejected it“.
When a reaction was sought on Mr Karan Singh’s statement, the Civil Aviation Minister Mr Vayalar Ravi said “similar views have come to me from other quarters too”, while refusing to give his opinion on the issue.
20/08/11 Business Line

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