Kochi: Air India director board, which met in Kochi on Thursday ratified the proposal to shift the headquarters of the Air India Express (AIE) to the city from January 1.
The low cost wing of the national carrier operates the lion's share of flights from the three airports in Kerala and from the neighbouring Mangalore airport. Much of the control operations of this will now be shifted to Kochi, said Air India chairman and managing director Rohit Nandan.
"We had taken this decision about seven months back, but the pilots' strike and other issues had deferred its implementation," he said in response to questions from reporters here.
14/12/12 T Ramavarman/Times of India
