Deadline for Air India bids extended again

FILE - In this April 16, 2015 file photo, an Air India aircraft prepares to land at the Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, India. India's federal cabinet has approved a plan to privatise its debt-ridden national carrier Air India. A statement from the finance ministry Wednesday, June 28, 2017, said that the government had given "in principle" approval to sell disinvest from the troubled airline which has struggled to emerge from the red as competition from a number of low-cost airlines has grown. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

Deadline for Air India bids extended again

The government on Tuesday extended the deadline for submission of bids for Air India by two months until June 30. The deadline was being extended after “request received from (interested bidders) in view of the prevailing situation arising out of COVID-19,” the Department of Investment and Public Management said.