Arvind Jadhav took charge as the national carrier's chief in 2009 and set in motion a turnaround plan, but there was no end to the airline's woes
He seemed to have a magic bullet. Or at least that’s what the then-Indian government thought shortly after he made a presentation to them. Â
Why else was there a desperate attempt by the government to appoint Arvind Jadhav as the head of National Aviation Company of India Limited, the company that owned Air India, at a time when the Election Commission’s Code of Conduct had kicked in, and the Manmohan Singh government’s first tenure was coming to a close.
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(This story appears in the 31 May, 2024 issue of Forbes India. To visit our Archives, click here.)