If Tatas can’t make Air India work, no one else in India can: Emirates President

It is not easy for an airline to operate in India and if the Tata Group cannot make Air India work, no one else in the country will be able to do so, Emirates President Tim Clark has said.

“Air India should be as big as United Airlines. It should be as big because of its domestic market as well as the non-resident Indians (NRIs) abroad and the amount of economic activity that goes in and out of India. It is a goldmine,” Clark said on Monday.

While Air India currently has approximately 128 planes in its fleet, Chicago-based United Airlines has 860-odd aircraft.