Mumbai: Air India Campbell Wilson, CEO of Air India, assured employees that the airline would learn from the tragic plane crash that killed over 240 people on June 12 and emerged stronger.
In a letter to employees Wilson reaffirmed that Singapore Airlines, who owns 25.1% of the company, continues to support the airline. “It was a tragic event and we will learn what we can do to be stronger in the future,” Wilson wrote on Friday in -mail more than 30,000 airline employees. “Our goal in all respects, whether it is safety, quality, service, range, reach, professionalism or other dimension, remains the same, not if higher than before.”
“We continue to support both shareholders,” Wilson said, who took over the current role in 2022.
Tata the sons spent £18 000 crore for the purchase of Air India from the Indian government in January 2022. Subsequently, Vistara, a common company 51:49 between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines Ltd, with Air India. As a result, Singapore Airlines became a shareholder of 25.1%, while Tata Sons owns 74.9%.
On June 12, the Air India AI171 from Ahmedabad to London crashed in a second after take -off, resulting in death of more than 240 people. Within a few hours after a deadly disaster, Tata Sons and Chairman of Air India Natarajan Chandrasecaran and other higher officials arrived in Ahmedabad to assess the situation. On the same day, Chandrasecaran said it was the worst day of his professional career.
Since then, Chandrasecaran has been as a result of a tragic incident as a result of a firefighting point of view and has led it to the annual general meetings of Tata Consumer Products LTD on Wednesday and Tata Consultancy Services on Thursday. However, he chaired the shareholders’ meetings Tata Motors LTD on Friday.
Campbell asked employees to refrain from commenting or speculation on the reasons for the worst disaster in the country of civil aviation in the country in almost three decades. “We provide all information required by AAIB (AirCration Coussion Investigation Bureau) and we are working completely. It is essential that facts, whatever they are, are known that we and the industries that we can generally learn from them,” he said.
Experts see Campbell’s Outreach as an attempt to alleviate Air India’s employees.
“They are trying to restore confidence and assure all pilots and on -board guides of their security fears because they have become concerned after the tragedy,” said Captain Mohan Ranganathan, former airlines instructor pilot.
On June 17th, the Civil Aviation Directorate of Civil Aviation raised concerns about recent maintenance issues that Air India reported and recommended them to strengthen their internal coordination. The regulator also stated that the supervision of the Boeing 787 Air India fleet did not reveal any security concerns.
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