After challenging 2019, will 2020 be jet, set and go for Indian aviation

From good times, India's airlines flew into hard times last year, with cut-throat competition ensuring cheap tickets but also pushing some companies in the red. Here is what 2020 might hold for them

India’s aviation and telecom sectors looked alike in 2019, with cut-throat competition ensuring cheap deals for customers but pushing companies in the red. State-run companies bled in both sectors — national carrier Air India needs to be privatised, and telcos BSNL and MTNL need to be revived.

SpiceJet Chairman Ajay Singh once said both aviation and telecom sectors had “monopolistic” players. Though he did not take names, he was hinting at privately-owned budget carrier IndiGo, which has a 50 per cent share of the country’s domestic passenger market, and Reliance Jio, which emerged on the scene three years ago and