Congress MP Manish Tewari on Thursday cast a spell of doubt over job creation through Air India’s new deals and said there is nothing to celebrate as the orders will not create any manufacturing or other jobs in India. Most of these aircraft buys ae replacements for old aircraft and not a fleet augmentation, the Congress MP claimed and cited Air India’s downsizing to back his argument. Read | Air India-Airbus-Boeing deal was sealed with dinner at luxury Indian restaurant
The Congress leader was dismissed as a ‘naysayer’ by Twitter users while information and broadcasting department advisor Kanchan Gupta cited figures to refute Manish Tewari’s claims. “Current Air India fleet size is 113 planes. The order is for 470 new planes. Simple maths suggests 470>113. Even if all existing planes were to be replaced, Air India would still need to hire staff for 357 planes. Staff for 470 planes> staff for 113 planes,” Gupta tweeted.
