Indian Aviation’s Biggest CEO Shake-Up

In a single month, India's two largest airlines lost their CEOs. Pieter Elbers was pushed out of IndiGo following a catastrophic December 2025 meltdown that stranded 300,000 passengers and wiped 78% of profits. Campbell Wilson chose a more dignified exit from Air India, a planned departure from a carrier still bleeding billions, scarred by a fatal Ahmedabad crash, and hamstrung by a decades of legacy issues. Two expats, two very different tenures, two very different endings. In this episode, host Anirban Chowdhury talks to ET's aviation tracker Arindam Majumdar and John Strickland, a global aviation expert and founder of JLS Consulting to break down what went wrong, where both airlines stand today, Air India's top-level void and the task ahead for Willie Walsh, one of global aviation's toughest leaders slated to head IndiGo. You can follow Anirban Chowdhury on his social media: X and Linkedin Check out other interesting episodes like: How Will a Volatile ₹ Impact You in 2026? , How Quick Commerce is Triggering a Health Crisis for Gen Z , Two Women Fought to Change India's Maternity Laws...and Succeeded , Can India Truly End Naxalism? , Semaglutide Goes Generic: Big Pharma's Moat Breaks and much more . Catch the latest episode of 'The Morning Brief' on The Economic Times Online , Spotify , Apple Podcasts , JioSaavn , Amazon Music and Youtube .

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Indian Aviation’s Biggest CEO Shake-Up is an episode from The Morning Brief by The Economic Times.

This episode is 22:56 long.

This episode was published on Apr 14, 2026.

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