Alitalia is owned by CAI, a consortium of investors that bought the then-bankrupt airline in 2008.
Jio has partnered with AeroMobile to launch mobile services on 22 flights on international routes, with plans starting at Rs 499 per day.
The biggest challenge is not the airline's debt, but downsizing its 16,800 employees, says Surajeet Dasgupta.
The reduced fare offer is also available for travel on partner airline Etihad Airways flights
Delhi airport, the country's busiest, runs out of slots due to runway capacity constraints.
In contrast to its global peers, a lion's share of Delhi airport's growth came from domestic flyers, which, at 46.6 million, makes up for 73 per cent of the total number of passengers.
'It is very clear that Air India cannot be managed by the government.' 'Air India should be run as a separate profit entity.'
Former Director General and CEO of IATA, Giovanni Bisignani, says Jet Airways chief Naresh Goyal developed his airline's business class mock-ups in utter secrecy inside the garage of his London home.
Airline now financially more stable but still in the doldrums as the operating environment remains tough.
Nisha Agarwal, commissioner of the New York Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, recalls, with both anguish and elation, the events of the last fortnight after the US President's order banning entry for people from seven countries was put in place.