Three major Indian airlines have opposed the proposed Rs 8,000-crore investment by a consortium of Tata Group and Singapore’s sovereign fund GIC in GMR Airports. The GMR Group has, however, dismissed the arguments put forward by the airlines.
IndiGo, SpiceJet, and GoAir — which control more than 80 per cent of the domestic market — have said that Tata Sons, along with GIC, which has common ownership with Singapore Airlines (SIA), will influence the decisions of GMR Group-owned Delhi Airport in favour of SIA Group airlines, thereby helping Vistara to gain prime airport slots. Vistara is owned by Tata Sons (51