New Delhi: National passenger carrier Air India's new chief Pradeep Singh Kharola on Monday said his priority would be to improve the airline's efficiencies and to keep a tab on cost.
"My mandate is to manage the airline, provide good services, improve efficiencies and keep a tab on cost," Kharola said at the airline's New Delhi-based headquarter Airline House.
According to Kharola, the airline will forthwith focus on providing better services to the "Business Class" passengers, along with commencing some more direct connections to the US and Australia.
The senior bureaucrat took charge as Air India CMD on December 11, 2017, before which he was the Managing Director of the Bengaluru Metro.
Kharola replaced Rajiv Bansal, Financial Advisor to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, and also holding additional charge of Air India CMD.
Kharola's mandate becomes difficult given that a ministerial group has been formed to look into the modalities of Air India's divestment process.
The Air India-specific Alternative Mechanism, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has been mandated to guide the strategic divestment process and to decide on key issues such as treatment of the airline's debt and hiving-off of its assets.
The demerger and strategic divestment of its three profit-making subsidiaries, the quantum of disinvestment and the universe of bidders is also on the group's agenda.
08/01/18 IANS/Pioneer
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"My mandate is to manage the airline, provide good services, improve efficiencies and keep a tab on cost," Kharola said at the airline's New Delhi-based headquarter Airline House.
According to Kharola, the airline will forthwith focus on providing better services to the "Business Class" passengers, along with commencing some more direct connections to the US and Australia.
The senior bureaucrat took charge as Air India CMD on December 11, 2017, before which he was the Managing Director of the Bengaluru Metro.
Kharola replaced Rajiv Bansal, Financial Advisor to the Petroleum and Natural Gas Ministry, and also holding additional charge of Air India CMD.
Kharola's mandate becomes difficult given that a ministerial group has been formed to look into the modalities of Air India's divestment process.
The Air India-specific Alternative Mechanism, headed by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, has been mandated to guide the strategic divestment process and to decide on key issues such as treatment of the airline's debt and hiving-off of its assets.
The demerger and strategic divestment of its three profit-making subsidiaries, the quantum of disinvestment and the universe of bidders is also on the group's agenda.
08/01/18 IANS/Pioneer
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