AirAsia India is likely to entrust the additional responsibility of Managing Director to current CEO Mittu Chandilya in its first management revamp since commencing operations in June last year.
The no-frills carrier, which has put on hold its fleet expansion plan amid stiff competition, is also likely to name a new Chief Financial Officer (CFO).
The incumbent CFO Vijay Gopalan has put in papers sometime back and the airlines is in the process of finding a suitable replacement for him.
"Our CFO, Vijay Gopalan has decided to resign for personal reasons.... We through our Board of Directors are already in the process of identifying a suitable replacement for this critical position," AirAsia India said in a statement.
The carrier is embarking on a major management restructuring exercise in the days to come, sources said.
Under the rejig, Chandilya -- who has been the CEO since the carrier's inception -- is expected to be elevated as Managing Director in addition to his current responsibility, they said.
AirAsia India is a three-way joint venture in which AirAsia Berhard owns 49 per cent, Tata Sons has 30 per cent and the rest is with Arun Bhatia's Telestra Tradeplace.
Apart from Chandilya and Malaysian carrier's founder Tony Fernandes, other members in AirAsia India board are S Ramadorai, Bharat Vasani, R Venkataramanan and Arun Bhatia.
In the three months ended March 2015, AirAsia India posted a loss of Rs 19 crore while revenues stood at Rs 74.39 crore.
The airline had carried nearly 2,38,000 passengers contributing a revenue of Rs 3,131 per passenger during the March quarter. Ancillary income per passenger was at Rs 248 while the seat load factor was 79 per cent.
In February this year, Chandilya had said the airline was expected to break even by May-June this year. Initially, the break even target was set for November 2014.
Later, the carrier said it was deferring the one-plane- per-month fleet expansion plan, and expects to end the year with 7-10 planes from the present five.
