Air India is all set to appoint Vistara’s Sisira Kanta Dash as their Chief Technical Officer (Head of Engineering), effective June this year, according to media and industry sources. News of this key development in the higher echelons of the Management at Air India is being viewed by industry watchers as a precursor to the impending merger of Air India and Vistara.
The merger of the two airlines is pending regulatory approvals as was mentioned by Air India’s CEO Campbell Wilson, earlier this year.
Sisira Dash, who is currently the Head of Engineering at Vistara, will be taking over as Chief Technical Officer of Air India from the current incumbent Mr. Arun Kashyap, who will be moving out to pursue other opportunities, according to sources.
At a time, when massive aircraft orders have been placed by Air India, Sisira Dash would have his job cut out as CTO, and would need to bring his wealth of experience to the fore, not just for the maintenance of AI ‘s massive fleet going forward, but refurbishing the cabin interiors reflecting the airline’s newest brand values.
