Tata Sons-owned Air India has approached India’s anti-trust regulator, Competition Commission of India, for a merger of its full-service airline Vistara with Air India. Tata Sons holds 51% of Vistara, while Singapore Airlines owns the remaining 49%. After the merger, Singapore Airlines will hold a 25.1% minority stake in the entity. The merger is aimed to be completed by FY24 and will also see SIA investing INR50.2bn ($687m) in the combined entity as additional capital for FY23 and 24. However, the merger process will take almost a year to complete as it will also have to be approved by regulators from UAE, Singapore, UK and Germany as both airlines fly to these countries.