Welcome back, Air India, tweets Ratan Tata as group wins ₹18,000-cr bid

Tata Group chairman emeritus Ratan N Tata on Friday welcomed back his treasured Air India to the salt-to-software conglomerate after 68 years as the Union government announced the company as winning bidder for the debt-laden state-owned airline.

“Welcome back, Air India,” wrote the 83-year-old renowned industrialist moments after the official announcement was made.

He said the airlines’ founder JRD Tata would have been overjoyed had he been alive as under his leadership Air India had gained the reputation of being one of the best airlines in the world.

Tata also thanked the Central government for its recent policy of opening up select industries to the private sector.