Nipun Aggarwal and Vinod Kannan have emerged as the leading contenders to become the next chief executive of Air India, as the Tata Group weighs a leadership choice that could shape the airline's future at one of the most turbulent moments in its history, according to a report by the Financial Times.
Aggarwal, Air India's chief commercial officer and a key architect of the airline's transformation strategy, is seen as a strong internal candidate, while Kannan, the former chief executive of Vistara, brings extensive airline leadership experience after steering the carrier before its merger with Air India.
