Air India bets on Ethiopian Airlines veteran Tewolde for tough reset

Seven years before he was named to lead Air India, Tewolde Gebremariam stood at the scene of an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed 157 people and helped trigger the worldwide grounding of Boeing 737 MAX jets. That disaster and the COVID-19 pandemic that followed became two of the gravest crises he faced. It may help explain why the Tata Group turned to him to run Air India.

The job that Tewolde faces at the Indian airline is formidable: he must restore safety, stem losses, and modernize the airline.

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