AirAsia India appoints Mittu Chandilya as CEO
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AirAsia India’s Board of Directors have appointed Mittu Chandilya as the chief executive officer (CEO) of AirAsia India (Private) Limited.
Chandilya will assume office with effect from 1 June 2013. Prior to this he worked as the Principal and Head of Services in Asia Pacific at Egon Zehender.
Ratan Tata, chairman emeritus of Tata Sons Limited said, “I am extremely pleased that the Board of Directors of AirAsia India has appointed Mittu Chandilya as the CEO of the company. I am confident that Mittu will provide the leadership and bring to bear his entrepreneurial skills in successfully growing this new airline in the Indian aviation space.”
Citing similar opinion, AirAsia’s group chief executive officer, Tony Fernandes said, “India is an important market for us and a CEO of Mittu’s stature and business acumen would definitely help us to attain significant market share and achieve rapid growth in India.”
