Indian Airlines chairman P C Sen is studying proposals to spin off the domestic carrier's engineering services into a stand-alone business with its own identity and accounts. Sen has cited the lead set elsewhere in Asia by Singapore Airlines and Gulf Air, which have successfully turned their engineering departments into independent subsidiaries.
Source: Flight International
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