Ending a seven-year-long wait, the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board, at its meeting in London on Monday, gave an endorsement vote to induct Air India into the fold.
Whether this happens because DGCA actually cares about the future of the national carrier or for other motives is not clear.
Air India has been in the red since the merger of then Air India and Indian Airlines in 2007.
In 2015, India's domestic aviation market clocked 81 million flights.
The company has dismissed 194 cabin crew and 11 pilots over past year for unauthorised absence and such reasons.
Amber Dubey explains why India needs to stop blocking competition if it ever wants to become the top aviation market.
That it has been threatening to review this rule for a while is old hat anyway.
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