Hardeep Puri 'confident and hopeful' about Air India's divestment plans

'I have always said that Air India is a first-class asset,' he said.

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said that he had never been as "hopeful and confident" on Air India's divestment or disinvestment as he was now.

Addressing a press conference here, Puri said, "I have never been as hopeful and confident on Air India's divestment or disinvestment whatever you choose, as I am now. I have always said that Air India is a first-class asset. It has excellent engineers, excellent pilots, covering various destinations be it the evacuation of people from Wuhan, Air India has been at the heart of it."