<p>Tata Group is planning to integrate its airline brands, such as the low-fare AirAsia India, under the Air India umbrella if it successfully acquires the beleagured national carrier.</p>.<p>The company will also aim to bring Vistara under the umbrella, if Singapore Airlines, which owns 49 per cent of the shares in it, agrees to the plan, according to a <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/tata-group-plans-to-bring-all-its-airlines-under-a-single-entity-post-air-india-acquisition/articleshow/86544389.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>The Economic Times</em>.</p>.<p>While Malaysia's AirAsia will exit by March 2022, selling its stake for $18 million, Tata has reached out to SIA on grouping the airlines under one entity to 'ensure synergy and eliminate duplication,' according to the report.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/air-india-sale-third-time-lucky-1031692.html" target="_blank">Air India sale: Third time lucky?</a></strong></p>.<p>Air India, AirAsia India and Vistara currently have a collective 26 per cent share of the domestic air passenger market, according to the DCGI.</p>.<p>"The group has been very clear that if and when the Air India acquisition is done, the strategy is to have one entity," a person aware of the developments told ET. "Scale up the game and be the number one player in the space. AirAsia is now a Tata company and so it will be easier to merge the business. Also, operationally, it would not be sensible in a thin-margin competitive sector to have multiple cost structures."</p>.<p>Tata, which bid for the national carrier through a new subsidiary, Talace, has appointed Seabury Group and Bain Capital to conduct due diligence before it invests in Air India if the bid succeeds.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>Tata Group is planning to integrate its airline brands, such as the low-fare AirAsia India, under the Air India umbrella if it successfully acquires the beleagured national carrier.</p>.<p>The company will also aim to bring Vistara under the umbrella, if Singapore Airlines, which owns 49 per cent of the shares in it, agrees to the plan, according to a <a href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/transportation/airlines-/-aviation/tata-group-plans-to-bring-all-its-airlines-under-a-single-entity-post-air-india-acquisition/articleshow/86544389.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst" target="_blank">report</a> by <em>The Economic Times</em>.</p>.<p>While Malaysia's AirAsia will exit by March 2022, selling its stake for $18 million, Tata has reached out to SIA on grouping the airlines under one entity to 'ensure synergy and eliminate duplication,' according to the report.</p>.<p><strong>Read | <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/air-india-sale-third-time-lucky-1031692.html" target="_blank">Air India sale: Third time lucky?</a></strong></p>.<p>Air India, AirAsia India and Vistara currently have a collective 26 per cent share of the domestic air passenger market, according to the DCGI.</p>.<p>"The group has been very clear that if and when the Air India acquisition is done, the strategy is to have one entity," a person aware of the developments told ET. "Scale up the game and be the number one player in the space. AirAsia is now a Tata company and so it will be easier to merge the business. Also, operationally, it would not be sensible in a thin-margin competitive sector to have multiple cost structures."</p>.<p>Tata, which bid for the national carrier through a new subsidiary, Talace, has appointed Seabury Group and Bain Capital to conduct due diligence before it invests in Air India if the bid succeeds.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>