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Vistara CEO may be back in Singapore Airlines with AI brass set for key roles in merged entity
Business new tamfitronics NEW DELHI: Vistara CEO Vinod Kannan could be headed back to Singapore Airlines (SIA) as the Tata Group is all set to merge this full service carrier (FSC) into Air India before the year end, say sources. IS will have 25.1% stake in the merged AI.The merged Vistara-AI Air India is likely to see AI current management team in most key positions. However, a senior AI official said the management structure for the merged entity is yet to be finalised.Kannan, who is among the key players credited with Vistara's passenger-friendly image, is a SIA veteran who had joined the mega southeast Asian carrier in 2001. Just over a decade back Tata and SIA decided to create a JV FSC in India, Vistara, which started flying in Jan...