×
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT

Govt planning sale of 4 Air India subsidiaries

Last Updated 14 December 2018, 18:57 IST

The government plans to soon initiate the strategic sale process for at least four subsidiaries of loss-making Air India, including Airline Allied Services (AASL) and Hotel Corporation of India (HCI), according to officials.

Besides, plans are on the anvil for selling the headquarter building of Air India in the national capital as well as various other land assets and buildings of the airline in different parts of the country.

The government has prepared a list of the airline’s assets that could be hived off as part of the strategic sale plan for Air India and its subsidiaries, officials said.

According to them, the disinvestment process is likely to be initiated soon for four Air India subsidiaries -- AASL, HCI, Air India Air Transport Service AIATSL) and Air India Engineering Service (AIESL).

While AASL, under the name Alliance Air, provides regional air connectivity, HCI owns and operates two hotels in Delhi and Srinagar, among others.

AIATSL provides ground handling and cargo handling services. AIESL is mainly into maintenance, repair and overhaul of engines.

Apart from the headquarters building, other assets proposed to be sold include Air India properties in Mumbai and Delhi.

Officials said the government also plans to sell various art works and artefacts.

In June, a ministerial panel chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley deferred the strategic sale of the government’s 76 per cent stake in Air India. Instead, it was decided that the government would look at sale of assets and subsidiaries of the national carrier to reduce the debt burden.

Air India, which has been in the red for long, had a debt burden of Rs 48,000 crore at the end of March 2017.

The government had originally proposed to offload 76% equity share capital of the national carrier as well as transfer the management control to private players.

ADVERTISEMENT
(Published 16 September 2018, 14:24 IST)

Follow us on

ADVERTISEMENT
ADVERTISEMENT