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oliver2002 May 5, 2021 12:56 am

Al-B says QR explored working with Tata to take over AI in 2018 but it didn't get anywhere because of the SQ/UK JV.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/82399733.cms

Very timid interview, maybe the ET people didn't ask the right questions... I would have thrown in a questions about Puri-jis anbitions to scrap sixth freedom right... ;)

hyho61 May 5, 2021 8:12 am

SpiceJet's bid is a joke. They cannot even manage their own airline, how would they even manage a much larger airline, with debt and employee issues.

galaticos May 6, 2021 4:31 pm


Originally Posted by oliver2002 (Post 33227422)
Al-B says QR explored working with Tata to take over AI in 2018 but it didn't get anywhere because of the SQ/UK JV.

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/82399733.cms

Very timid interview, maybe the ET people didn't ask the right questions... I would have thrown in a questions about Puri-jis anbitions to scrap sixth freedom right... ;)

I wonder if he spoke to ET or ET just picked up sound bites from elsewhere.. ET reporting has degraded beyond belief..

Yash Vardhan Khullar May 6, 2021 5:29 pm

I agree with others, Spicejet bid is just to show that Tata won the bid fairly!

oliver2002 May 6, 2021 11:56 pm


Originally Posted by galaticos (Post 33231947)
I wonder if he spoke to ET or ET just picked up sound bites from elsewhere.. ET reporting has degraded beyond belief..

No it seems they asked the right questions. That part of the interview about sixth freedom was published later. The link is in the thread about it in the India forum.

oliver2002 May 17, 2021 12:18 am

Surprise, surprise, decision postponed to 'September-October':
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/82695928.cms

Keyser May 17, 2021 4:44 am


Originally Posted by oliver2002 (Post 33257176)
decision postponed to 'September-October':

september-october of which year????:D

NoviceFT May 17, 2021 12:44 pm

Now Cairn Energy is coming after :)

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...w/82655832.cms

oliver2002 Jul 16, 2021 2:55 am

The Spicejet is trying to show he is serious: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/84461368.cms

In the meantime Tata is doing intensive due dilligence: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/84406099.cms

oliver2002 Jul 27, 2021 5:31 am

Sept 15 is the day the bids have to be filed: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/84641072.cms

PiperAtGatesofDawn Jul 27, 2021 1:10 pm

I'm just disappointed that the AI Staff's 4 crore bid has been rejected.

oliver2002 Sep 8, 2021 4:02 am

Final final final bid next week: https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/86032548.cms


The bid has moved slowly, as the government and bidders worked to resolve several issues the airline has, as it will form the template of the airline’s future. They sought to resolve issues ranging from employee benefits to how government guarantees will be dealt with.
Erm, I hope its not a 'template' for PSU privatization... the process has been a mess.

GMOChicken Sep 16, 2021 5:53 am

The Tata group, and SpiceJet promoter Ajay Singh (bidding as an individual, not as SpiceJet) have submitted bids for Air India.

https://www.businesstoday.in/industr...845-2021-09-16

leonidas Sep 20, 2021 8:37 am

I hope that it works out this time. Government needed to get out of the airline business like 10 years ago.

oliver2002 Sep 27, 2021 5:50 am

Tatas leaking plans on how AI will be merged into the organisation... https://economictimes.indiatimes.com...w/86544389.cms


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