
A view shows the wreckage of an Air India aircraft, bound for London's Gatwick Airport, which crashed during take-off from an airport in Ahmedabad, India June 12, 2025.—Reuters
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According to Bloomberg, Air India Limited has faced a residential, financial disturbing carrier to a lucrative world -class airline after the deadliest aviation crash in more than a decade.
The Indian flag carrier had long been under public ownership, and he gained fame among passengers for flight services. But by the Tata Group, its 2022 occupation, which paid Rs 180 billion ($ 2.1 billion) to buy back to the airline established in 1932, Kickstart has a five -year restoration, aimed at returning Air India to its former splendor and is the world’s largest and best career in international routes.
After more than a decade, the new owners had great wishes, which set a target for Air India and its budget carrier Air India to break practically by the end of the financial year on March 31, 2026, according to those familiar with the matter, who said that the information was not known.
For this purpose, the losses in the financial year of 2023-2024 decreased by 61 % to Rs 44.4 billion-now the flight is at risk of the tragedy of AI-171. Immediately after leaving the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Thursday, a passenger binding passenger jet crashed in London, killing one of the 242 passengers and one of the crew, and the residential area was widely damaged.
The first 787 damage was caused by the incident and, as investigations are underway, questions are raising questions about how the jet exploded in the fireball around the aircraft.
Although there is no evidence that the airline’s operational management or fleet restoration has nothing to do with accident, the loss of reputation to Air India is inevitable.
Martin Consulting founder Mark Martin said in an interview on Bloomberg TV on Friday that Air India has been focused on its brand instead of solving basic issues such as broken seats and rehabilitation methods. He said these issues should have been “priority”.
As a result of the accident, passengers have gone to social media so that they are flying with Air India, including broken air conditioning, dirty seats and irreparable catering, with the fact that the airline is still suffering from fame problems.
Air India spokesman did not immediately respond to the Bloomberg News email, which was commented.
The implementation of the changed plan, which includes re-denial of its 27 Boeing CO 787-8 Dreamliners in early 2027, may also be delayed by the loss of one jet.
Nevertheless, Air India has made some progress in winning consumers. Tata Group Airlines – Air India, Vista and Aix Connect – participated in the domestic market in April 27.2 %, which was more than 24.7 % in September 2022, when the turn round plan was announced.
But it is behind its biggest domestic rival, Indigo, with 64.1 % of the domestic market and has major expansion projects. Integlob Aviation Limited, its operator, has placed an order for the Airbus A350s, which will start to come by 2027.
Headwinds warned about
Although it is unclear how much financial hit will be from the plane crash, Air India has already warned Head Winds to return to profit earlier this month.
Chief Executive Officer Campbell Wilson said in June that the continuous ban for Indian airlines using Pakistani airspace is increasing the flying times for non -stop flights and will come to the bottom of the company.
The AI171 accident is moving in search of material evidence. According to the Hindustan Times, on Friday morning, one of the two so -called black boxes, which contained important evidence of the last minute of the plane, was located.
Officials have also warned that the number of casualties may increase as they are continuing to comb the debris as well as the BJP through a medical hostel.
The Tata Group said it would pay 10 million in compensation to the families of the victims and contribute to the reconstruction of the hostel.
Air India’s Wilson said in a video posted on X after the accident, “I know there are many questions and at this stage, I will not be able to answer them all.” “It will take time to investigate. But now we can do anything, we are doing.”