Government to start working on selling the ground-handling arm of Air India

The government will reportedly start working on selling the ground handling arm of erstwhile national carrier Air India, and the notice inviting ex­pressions of interest is expected in the next fiscal year (2023-24). Curr­ently, four Air India subsidiaries – Air India Air Transport Services, Airline Allied Services/Alliance Air, Air India Engineering Services and Hotel Corpo­ration of India Limited – are with Air India Assets Holding Limited, which is a special purpose vehicle (SPV) set up in 2019 for holding the non-core assets and debt of Air India.