Mumbai: As a first step in the process of Air India takeover, the Tatas introduced an “enhanced meal service” in four flights operating from Mumbai on Thursday. The central government had, earlier this week, said that it aims to complete the disinvestment process on January 27.
Although the Air India flights will not be flying under the Tatas’ banner just yet, it is an important declaration of the airline’s handover to the autos-to-steel conglomerate nearly 70 years after it was taken.
The “enhanced meal service” will be provided on four flights – AI864 (Mumbai-Delhi), AI687 (Mumbai-Delhi), AI945 (Mumbai-Abu Dhabi) and AI639 (Mumbai-Bengaluru) – scheduled for today.
It will be served on the AI191 (Mumbai-Newark) flight and five Mumbai-Delhi flights on Friday and will be expanded to more flights in a staggered and phased manner.