Mumbai: Alliance Air will fly 40-minute flight for special children on Wednesday

The government is planning to issue ‘Expression and Interest’ (EOI) to fully sell the loss-making Air India. In the first meeting held on January 2, the minister had clearly stated that the government has no other option but to privatize it to keep the airline alive.

He also appealed the employees to cooperate with the government for this. Airlines sources said the government had initially told the unions that if it was privatized, it would protect employees’ jobs, so employees did not think of voluntary retirement.

The unions say that but recently its members said they wanted to talk about the VRS scheme. He knew that after privatization his job could remain secure for only one year. Therefore, we want to put the proposal of VRS scheme in the meeting on Monday.