The last date for submission of Expression of Interest (EoI) for the proposed 76 per cent stake sale in debt-laden Air India is May 31. Earlier this month, the government came out with clarifications related to the disinvestment.
"There is a great deal of interest for Air India," Civil Aviation Secretary R N Choubey said in Mumbai while speaking on the sidelines of the US-India Aviation Summit.
Choubey also said that no American carrier has expressed...
formal interest for Air India.
The divestment would include profit-making Air India Express and joint venture AISATS, an equal joint venture between the national carrier and Singapore-based SATS Ltd.
Providing more time, the last date for submission of Expressions of Interest (EoIs) for Air India disinvestment was extended to May 31 from the earlier deadline of May 14. The qualified bidders would now be known on June 15, whereas the earlier date was May 29.
Starting the disinvestment process of the debt-laden national carrier, the preliminary information memorandum for the proposed sale of up to 76 per cent stake in Air India along with management control to private entities was issued on March 28.
The government also made it clear that it would have the rights of a "minority shareholder" with 24 per cent stake in Air India post disinvestment.
The debt-ridden national carrier is staying afloat on little over Rs 30,000 crore bailout package extended by the previous UPA regime.
Air India has been "consistently improving" its overall performance and more than doubled its operating profit to Rs 298.03 crore in 2016-17 financial year, junior minister for civil aviation Jayant Sinha had informed Parliament earlier this year.
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