Ownership record

Who owns Air India?

Air India is owned by Tata Sons. The Tata Group took the airline back from the Indian government in January 2022 in a deal worth about ₹18,000 crore, 68 years after the carrier it founded was nationalised.

The short answer

  • OwnerTata Sons
  • Owner isthe holding company of the Tata Group
  • Owned since2022
  • Previous ownerthe Government of India
  • Reported consideration2,400,000,000 US dollars
  • AssetIndia's flag carrier airline

How the deal was structured

Most of the consideration was assumed debt rather than cash. Tata has since merged Vistara into Air India and placed one of the largest aircraft orders in commercial aviation history.

On the money trail board this sits as a 2022 movement of $2.40B between New Delhi and Mumbai, sourced to Wikipedia. Open the full ledger entry.

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