Vistara and Air Asia India are prime examples on how a foreign airline can get a 'foothold' in India with a local partner. No need to buy a legacy airline with plenty of skeletons in the cupboard and super complex political entaglements. Any sane airline would nottouch AI with a 20 mile long pole. Look at an example of a European airline that gets capital injections from their govt every 6 months and stays afloat: https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/alit...tion-plan.html