Air India Taps Ethiopian Airlines Veteran as CEO Amid Record Losses

Air India appointed Tewolde Gebremariam, former CEO of Ethiopian Airlines for over a decade, as its new Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director on August 5, 2026. He succeeds Campbell Wilson and inherits a carrier that posted a record $2.3bn loss, has cut nearly a third of international operations, and faces a fatal crash report due in October. Chairman N. Chandrasekaran has warned a full turnaround could take up to a decade.