Air India offered Ilker Ayci the CEO role, but he declined. Ayci was named CEO of Air India on February 14 by the Tatas, who recently acquired the company.
Turkish citizen IlkerAyci was born in Istanbul in 1971 and served as the CEO of Turkish Airlines from 2015 to the end of January 2022.”I am delighted and honoured to accept the privilege of leading an iconic airline and to join the Tata Group,” Ayci said after his appointment was announced.
He had previously served as Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan’s advisor in the 1990s.
We will use Air India’s great tradition to make it one of the best airlines in the world, with a distinctly superior flying experience that embodies Indian warmth and hospitality, working closely with my colleagues at Air India and the Tata Group’s leadership.
On January 27, nearly 69 years after it was taken from the company, the Tata Group took entire ownership of Air India from the government. Following a competitive bidding process, the government sold Air India to Talace Private Limited, a subsidiary of the Tata Group’s parent firm, for Rs 18,000 crore on October 8, last year. Ilker
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