NEW DELHI -- The Indian government is going all out in its second attempt to sell Air India and is expected imminently to invite bids, more than a year after its failed first effort to privatize the loss-making national flag carrier.
Debt to be halved from $8.2bn to attract new owner for flag carrier

Debt-laden Air India has been loss-making since 2007 despite the rapid expansion of the country's aviation market. (Nikkei montage/Kosaku Mimura, Shinya Sawai)
NEW DELHI -- The Indian government is going all out in its second attempt to sell Air India and is expected imminently to invite bids, more than a year after its failed first effort to privatize the loss-making national flag carrier.