印度航空公司任命特沃尔德·格布雷马里亚姆为新任首席执行官[1]，接替4月辞职的前任坎贝尔·威尔逊[1]。格布雷马里亚姆曾担任埃塞俄比亚航空公司CEO，在该职位任职超过十年[1]。
新CEO上任之际，印度航空正面临多重困境。去年，该公司一架艾哈迈达巴德至伦敦航班发生坠机事故，造成260人死亡[1]，事故最终调查报告预计将在10月发布[1]。同时，印度航空录得近23亿美元的创纪录亏损[1]。为应对经营困难，公司已裁减了近三分之一的国际业务[1]。
印度航空主席钱德拉塞卡兰表示，公司"已完成稳定、整合和机队承诺的初始阶段，现进入关键执行和扩展时代"[1]。他同时警告称，扭转亏损可能需要长达十年[1]。目前，印度航空运营着198架飞机，每周执行近5000班航班，飞往91个目的地[1]。2022年，塔塔集团从印度政府收购了印度航空[1]。
Air India has appointed Tewolde Gebremariam as its new chief executive officer, replacing Campbell Wilson who stepped down in April [1]. Gebremariam, who previously led Ethiopian Airlines for over a decade, takes the helm of the Indian carrier as it grapples with severe operational and financial headwinds [1].
The airline is confronting multiple crises that will test the new leader's capabilities. The carrier suffered a fatal crash on an Ahmedabad-London flight last year that claimed 260 lives, with a final investigation report expected in October [1]. Compounding these challenges, Air India reported a record loss of nearly $2.3 billion in the recent period [1]. In response to mounting pressures, the airline has already cut back approximately one-third of its international operations [1].
Despite these difficulties, Air India continues to operate an extensive network with a fleet of 198 aircraft operating nearly 5,000 flights weekly across 91 destinations [1]. N. Chandrasekaran, the company's chairman, stated that Air India has "completed the initial phase of stabilization, consolidation and fleet commitment, and is now entering a critical era of execution and expansion" [1]. However, Chandrasekaran cautioned that returning the airline to profitability could take as long as a decade [1]. The airline was acquired by the Tata Group from the Indian government in 2022 [1].