<b>Letters:</b> Air India's future

With reference to the editorial, “What alone will fly” (February 22), it is strange that Civil Aviation Minister Ashok Gajapathi Raju is unsure about what would be the most desirable future for Air India. 

Raju seems to be in a Catch-22 situation over the issue of Air India’s privatisation. Ironically, he seems to want to have the cake and eat it too, when he states that the Centre wanted Air India to “survive” but also argues that “taxpayers’ money could not sustain the airline forever”.

The editorial is justified in observing that Air India’s survival must be decided on the basis of