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Rajiv Bansal will guide Sarla on aviation regulatory strategy and policy alignment along with scaling operations in its next phase of growth Sarla Aviation announced the appointment of Rajiv Bansal, Former Secretary, Ministry of Civil Aviation; Managing Director, Air India to lead the company with regulatory advisory and strategy development towards certification. The move marks a significant milestone in the company’s mission to redefine the future of mass transportation in India. This strategic appointment reinforces Sarla’s commitment to pioneering safe, purpose-driven and accessible urban air mobility solutions in the Indian aviation landscape. With an impressive career spanning over three decades in aviation policy and operations, Bansal brings unparalleled expertise to team at Sarla Aviation at a critical juncture as the company transitions from deep engineering to real-world deployment and flight testing. As a leading figure in the aviation ecosystem, having played a central role in shaping the nation’s civil aviation, his appointment signals strong institutional validation for Sarla’s vision to build India’s next-generation aircraft platforms. Adrian Schmidt, Co-Founder & CEO, Sarla Aviation, excited, says, “It is an incredibly important step for Sarla to welcome Rajiv Bansal ji to our team, our ambition, and our company. His experience and leadership at the Ministry of Civil Aviation will be instrumental in helping us mature our processes, shape our certification strategy, and strengthen our approach as we build India’s first privately held full-stack aviation OEM. For all of us, it is a rare opportunity to learn, listen, and build alongside one of the greatest aviation visionaries of our country. We enter this next phase of growth with great confidence and renewed ambition—and we are excited to serve the nation together.” In this advisory …

At a recent press conference, addressing the issue of travel agent commission and the reason it was discontinued post lockdown, Rajiv Bansal, CMD, Air India, said, “We are trying to move to a more web-sale oriented approach, instead of an agent-based sales model. Initially, during the Vande Bharat Mission, all tickets were sold on the website, owing to imbalance in demand and supply. Now, demand and supply are largely matched, and all forms of sale are open, including agents, on-counter and web sale. Our objective is to increase the web sales.”

The government has appointed senior IAS officer Rajiv Bansal as the Chairman and Managing Director of Air India for three months. Bansal, who is additional secretary and financial adviser at the petroleum ministry, will replace Ashwani Lohani-who has been appointed as the Chairman of Railway Board. A senior civil aviation ministry official reportedly said that Bansal has been appointed as Air India CMD for three months. Bansal is from the Nagaland cadre of 1988 batch and hails from Haryana. He is taking over as Air India CMD at a time when the government is working on the modalities for the disinvestment of the loss-making national carrier. He had served at the civil aviation ministry between 2006 and 2008. (Source: PTI)