Singapore regulator raises issues over Tata takeover of AI

Tata Group will need to convince Singapore’s Competition and Consumer Commission (CCCS) that its takeover of Air India does not violate the country’s anti-competition laws.

This is because the CCCS has observed that Air India and Vistara, which is a 51:49 joint venture between Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, are two of the three key market players along overlapping air passenger and air cargo transport routes. These include the provision of international air passenger transport services along direct flights on the Singapore-Mumbai and Singapore-Delhi routes as well as the provision of air cargo transport services from Singapore to India.