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India’s aviation security oversight and the Air India–Vistara merger

Sanjay Lazar examines ICAO’s aviation security audit involving BCAS, then traces the Tata–Singapore Airlines partnership and what Vistara’s integration could mean for Air India.

1 Sep 202437 min

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An unmissable episode where Vishal Mehra speaks to Sanjay Lazar, a four-decade veteran of Indian Aviation, with most of his career spent in Air India. Sanjay dishes out on ICAO's safety audit of BCAS, as well as Air India's acquisition of Vistara - and how Singapore Airlines will be calling the shots increasingly.

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Airline Strategy Airline Operations

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Sanjay Lazar

Sanjay Lazar brings a career spanning four decades in aviation, much of it at Air India. His conversations with Vishal Mehra cover airline integration, safety oversight and the industry's institutional history. He also joins the panel examining the preliminary AI171 accident report. These appearances place operational questions alongside the organisational context in which airlines work.