Niti Aayog plans to completely privatise Air India

About Air India and Indian Airlines merger that happened in 2007, which is seen as a reason for the problems of the national carrier, Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju had said the clock cannot be put back on the deal.

Also, discussions on disinvestment of Air India have gathered momentum at a time when the CBI has registered three FIRs and a preliminary enquiry (PE) to go into the controversial decisions made by the erstwhile UPA government with regard to Air India, including surrender of profitable routes to favour private airlines.