Air India Outlook: a business model beleaguered on all fronts

In this second extract from the CAPA India Aviation Outlook 2013/14 we look at the growing challenges to flag carrier Air India's business model.

A combination of stronger Indian competitors as a result of foreign airline investment, the growth of LCCs, the opening up of the international market in the form of bilateral liberalisation and the changing nature of global alliances, will impact each of the three key areas of Air India's operations - long-haul international, regional international and domestic - each of which we will consider in turn below.