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While Fernandes did not name the executives, sources said Ankur Khanna, Air France’s finance head in Singapore, was chosen as the new CFO and Kiran Jain, Delhi airport’s aero-marketing head, was picked as the new chief commercial officer in AirAsia India.
Fernandes, who has been accused of remote-controlling the airline from Malaysia, said he has applied for Overseas Citizen of India card.
“Once I receive it, I will have a party with all non-resident Indians,” he said. Earlier too, he had questioned whether Indian carriers were really owned by Indian residents — in an apparent reference to Jet Airways Chairman Naresh Goyal who lives in London.
“At the moment Arun Bhatia is still committed to the airline in India. But that is an issue between Indian shareholders and I am not aware of it,” he said, responding to queries on boardroom fights in the airline.
