Tata Group plans to integrate all its airlines under Air India

The Tata Group plans to integrate its four airline brands under Air India Ltd, a report by Bloomberg on Thursday citing people with knowledge of the matter. The report further added that India's largest conglomerate is considering scrapping the Vistara brand, which is Singapore Airlines Ltd's India affiliate.

On October 13, Singapore Airlines said in a release that it was in confidential discussions with the Tata group about the securities of Vistara and Air India, including a potential integration of the two airlines.

The integration of all the Tata group airlines under the Air India brand will create an entity with more than 200 aircraft and more than 800 domestic and international departures. This would make it the country's second largest airline after IndiGo. Air India is expected to announce one of the largest aircraft orders in recent times, which would lead to an almost threefold increase in its fleet size.

Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said last month that the airline hopes to have a 30 per cent share in domestic and international markets in the next five years.

After taking over, Tata Group came out with a revival plan 'Vihaan. AI for the loss-making carrier. Wilson believes that the airline will triple its fleet in the next five years.

The airline will induct 5 wide-body Boeing and 25 Airbus narrow-body planes over the next 15 months. The aircraft being leased are 21 Airbus A 320 neos, 4 Airbus A 321 neos and 5 Boeing B 777 200 LRs.

Air India's narrow-body fleet has 70 aircraft. 54 of them are in service, and the remaining 16 aircraft will return to service by early 2023. The wide-body fleet has 43 aircraft of which 33 are operational.