It\'s the expenses\, stupid!

It's the expenses, stupid!

Air India's revival plan will depend critically on its ability to cut its annual expenses bill

Anjuli Bhargava 

Anjuli Bhargava

Even as private carrier Jet Airways struggles for survival, a new revival plan for Air India is in the works.

The whole idea has such a tired feel to it that I don’t blame everyone I tried talking to about it begin the conversation with a yawn: Here comes the crazy journalist to trouble us this morning with something we know ain’t happening anytime soon, if ever. The beauty of Air India is that no one has a stake in it really, barring its 25,000-odd employees who are so used to working on their own terms that they may actually have something to lose if it goes under or is ...

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First Published: Mon, November 12 2018. 20:41 IST