@andsoweeat: I don’t take sides. But only what is objectively best for 🇸🇬 This is pure analysis 🧐 #thinkaboutit

Shinku :

Please look at the history of how they treat foreign investors... they won't let SIA make money, lol... after they start making profits, they will be clawed back using loopholes or "different interpretation" in the contract. SIA is too naive

bzbzb :

So important that you mentioned that this is pure analysis…lest some wily veteran minister sees this and comes up with a strawman about racism 😩

anothergoddamciabot :

not even MRO please. you think SIA engineering will get work from AI? 😂😂😂

thekorgheepuppet :

It was actually Vistara that was their venture then it got merged into Air India

Tiger@65MY :

If it is a good investment, India government won't allow foreign investor in the company. Common sense!

Alvin :

quality vs quantity...I like what Japan is doing to protect their people and culture.

postokbotb7 :

If you look into engineering opportunity such as MRO and commercial access.....the returns are not worth it.

Jasper Goh :

Of all airlines why Air India?! 😂😂😂

🇸🇬sohgoody🇸🇬 :

Exactly what you mentioned 25.1% is odd because of their law. SIA already mentioned previously the Indian market but they did not mention the complex and unstable political front, especially the airspace restrictions by Pakistan. For clarity SIA only got into Air India because of merging of Vistara. Throwing more public money is useful if only measurable KPI can be met and accountability. Both of which SIA has no power to insist.

user61263836456 :

Ultimately it's still bad investment. These reasons u cited are a cover up and excuses.

lambchopchickenchop :

nobody notice the same pattern as a job scam....where scammer ask you to pay up 1st for potential job offer and in the end pay and pay until no money..then no money can get back?

Melvyn :

LKY avoided Air India, because it was government controlled. Indian government has the huge negative called "Bureaucratic sloppiness". partnering indian bureaucracy wont bring efficiency. So Sir LKY was absolutely correct in avoiding it. In 2024, SIA did not directly venture into AI but it was TATA asked to take over AI and SIA tugged along through Vistara. Anyway now the troubled airline is in TATA-SIA groups, which are private enterprises, with almost nil bureaucracy overhang. TATA sons is 140 billion asset entity and SIA is 20 billion asset entity. TATA sons is 150 years old and SIA is about 50 years, they are not kids but veterans with exprtise to handle a crisis. Whether they can convert AI to profits and how long it will take and at what cost, is purely an expert decision making. TATA and SIA have that expertise. SIA veterans are in charge of operations of critical functions in AI. TATA has asked SIA to take AI operation control. So now they have a insider look of day to day operations and improving protocols. Let experts find out and time should be given to them to decide. Even if SIA quits AI, it cant be sitting comfortably with Changi, SIA has to keep on looking for overseas opportunities to expand. Market size matters along with efficiency.

Edmund Lim :

new received the money, declared bankrupt, so what or whether you owned 25% or 25.1% is no different, right? they can renamed New India Airline ... with those fund. scammed liao

Vic :

It appears to be a lucrative market. They may think the shield can give them a little hope. Please bear in mind the regulatory requirements can be easily amended in India. Otherwise, a prolonged deadlock can cause decay.

user2686600085253 :

Very simple. for any fund managers overseas he must look into the return of the ROI. Whether having a foot hole still must make money. You can loose for 1 or 2 financial but must see return of the investment. Big or small must still see returns on Investment

Vincent Ho265 :

Going in itself is a poor decision therefore with the losses with Singaporean money is wrong. Worker party is right to bring this up and we have to investigate if self interest have get SIA into air India is there a corruption or self serving interest by any politican

user2080259777312 :

lambchopchickenchop :

additional opportunities..?offer products and services and cannot get payment...isn't this another scam traits...be very careful.

Edy Yang :

Richard Ng :

But put aside the potential India market offers and think how they do business can you explain how the recent news of pilots tested positive for cannabis and even put this aside do you want to be hold hostage of plugging it losses just because you hold 25.1% 😳🤔

wyzdz :

No accountability...

JUJEAL :

Talking about MRO , you trust their MRO?

michaelloong7 :

your wish is just wish which may not happen in reality

user2080259777312 :

Gameplay must have a runway, only ownself can take off, only with this meaning , either u live or the other lives..Absolute, non negotiable, ruthless, shrewd..is the only one to survive..

Ray :

That’s how standard chartered bank lost so much money in the past .