It's in the Tata DNA

The alliance between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines shouldn't have come as a surprise to anyone. Aviation, after all, is in the group's DNA. We know Ratan Tata made more than one attempt to enter the sector during his tenure (1991 to 2012) but met with no success. The group's aviation genes go back to 1932 when JRD Tata (1904 to 1993) set up Tata Airlines, followed by Air-India International in 1948. However, in 1953, the government nationalised aviation into two state-owned companies: Indian Airlines for domestic routes and Air-India for international routes. Tata was made the chairman of Air-India.

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