Overview
- SIA has placed its own executives inside Air India in recent months across flight operations, engineering and maintenance, deepening its role after the June 2025 Dreamliner crash.
- Air India lost about $2.4 billion in 2025 as higher fuel prices and war-related detours raised costs, and SIA reported $178 million in December-quarter losses from affiliates mainly tied to the carrier.
- Regulators have increased scrutiny after findings that some aircraft flew without valid airworthiness certificates and European agencies flagged compliance issues.
- Tata Group is keeping control of commercial strategy, human resources, finance and IT, while leaning on SIA’s operational know-how to steady day-to-day flying and maintenance.
- SIA chief Goh Choon Phong and Tata Sons chairman Natarajan Chandrasekaran met in Mumbai last week to discuss new funding and the search for a CEO following Campbell Wilson’s resignation.