The two chiefs will address the staff on the proposed merger of the two airlines, PTI quoted officials as saying.
The merger of Vistara with Air India as part of the deal, wherein Singapore Airlines is set to acquire a 25.1% stake in Air India, was officially announced in November 2022.
Vistara is a joint venture between the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines, while Kannan is also serving as the Chief Integration Officer for the proposed merger.
The town hall, scheduled for Monday evening, will be held in the phygital mode. Employees from both Air India as well as Vistara will remain present in the meeting.
An official said that the meeting is expected to focus on the broad aspects, providing an overall picture of the merger to the staff members of the two airlines.
Air India is said to have around 17,000 employees, while Vistara’s strength is about 6,500 people.
Earlier, Kannan had said that they are hoping to complete the merger in a ‘smooth manner’.
Currently, the merger is reportedly awaiting a nod from the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) in India.
In March this year, the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS) gave its conditional nod to the proposed merger, while the deal received approval from the Competition Commission of India (CCI) in September last year, subject to certain conditions.
This comes at a time when Air India Express is slowly restoring its flights and stabilising services across the country. The cabin crew members, who were on sick leave, are said to have joined duty.
“All the cabin crew members who reported sick have joined their duty by May 11, 2024,” PTI quoted a release by the Air India Express Employees Union on Sunday.
However, they stated that due to a glitch in the airline’s scheduling software, it is said to have been showing that employees were on sick leave.
The airline, which operates around 380 services daily, had to cancel at least 20 flights on Sunday, the official said, adding that it is expecting full normalcy by Tuesday morning.
Last week, a strike by cabin crew members against the alleged mismanagement had forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights. However, the strike was later called off.
