“The merger was a carefully thought-out process and a collective decision of all agencies of the government. We have no move afoot for the Air India-Indian Airlines demerger,” the ministry of civil aviation said in a statement.
In 2007, Indian Airlines Ltd and Air India were merged into one company, the National Aviation Co of India Ltd which now operates as Air India.
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on January 21 in its report had slammed the government for merger.
Published 27 January 2010, 19:13 IST