New Delhi: Noting that there is no choice but to either privatise or close Air India, he said the government will have to keep the airline running till it gets divested.
The government is looking at a new timeline for Air India disinvestment and financial bids will be invited in the coming days, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Friday.
Noting that there is no choice but to either “privatise or close” Air India, he said the government will have to keep the airline running till it gets divested.
“We are looking at another timeline now, what is called data room for prospective bidders to look at… that is opened up, 64 days for the financial bids to come in. After that it is the question of taking a decision and handing over the airline,” the Minister of State for Civil Aviation said.
The government has started the process to sell its entire 100 per cent stake in Air India that has been in losses since it merged with Indian Airlines in 2007.
