Air India employees oppose move to privatise the airline

Air India employees have opposed the government’s move to privatise the state-owned airline. The opposition to the proposed disinvestment proposal was conveyed to Ashwani Lohani, Chairman and Managing Director, Air India, at a meeting that 13 unions had with him on Monday.

“We are not prepared to surrender on this issue (privatisation of Air India). We oppose the basic plan of the government. Privatisation is not the solution… look at what happened to Jet Airways,” one of the union leaders who attended the meeting told newspersons.

The opposition comes days after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in her Budget speech that the strategic disinvestment of select Central Public Sector Enterprises would continue to remain a priority for the Government.