Tata Sons appoint Ex-Turkish Airlines Ilker Ayci as new CEO and MD of Air India

Tata Sons has appointed Ilker Ayci as the chief executive officer and managing director of Air India. Ayci will assume his responsibilities on or before April 1, 2022.

A statement from Tata Group said, "N Chandrasekaran, Chairman of Tata Sons, was a special invitee to Air India board meeting. The board after due deliberations approved the appointment of Ilker Ayci as the CEO & MD of Air India. This appointment is



subject to requisite regulatory approvals."

Until very recently, Ayci, was the Chairman of the Turkish Airlines and he was on the board of the company prior to that.

N Chandrasekaran, said, "Ilker is an aviation industry leader who led Turkish Airlines to its current success during his tenure there. We are delighted to welcome Ilker to the Tata Group where he would lead Air India into the new era."