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Former Chairperson of Turkish Airlines Ilker Aycı was designated as Air India’s Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director.

“The board after due considerations authorized the consultation of Ilker Ayci as the CEO & MD of Air India. This visit is topic to requisite regulative approvals,” Tata Sons mentioned in a release.

“We are happy to welcome Ilker to the Tata Group where he would lead Air India into the brand-new period,” he stated.

“The Air India Board fulfilled to thinkabout the candidature of Mr. Ayci. Mr. Chandrasekaran was a unique guest to this board conference.”

He will presume his obligations on or priorto April 1, 2022, Tata Sons stated.

Aycı stated he is “delighted and honored to accept the advantage of leading an renowned airlinecompany and to signupwith the Tata Group.”

“Working carefully with my associates at Air India and the management of the Tata Group, we will use the strong heritage of Air India to make it one of the finest airlinecompanies in the world with a distinctively remarkable flying experience that shows Indian heat and hospitality,” Aycı stated.