Air India taps Ethiopian Airlines turnaround veteran Tewolde Gebremariam for next transformation phase

Tata Group-owned Air India has selected former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam to succeed Campbell Wilson, prioritising operational reliability, fleet retrofits, customer confidence, profitability and the build-out of Delhi and Mumbai as global hubs.

— Filed Thu, 6 Aug, 2026, 13:25 IST · Source Financial Express · BrandWagon · Updated

Tata Group-owned Air India has selected former Ethiopian Airlines CEO Tewolde Gebremariam to succeed Campbell Wilson, focusing its next turnaround phase on operational reliability, fleet upgrades, customer confidence, profitability and global-hub ambitions.

Why this matters

The leadership change follows recent signals on the DGCA probe into Air India’s Phuket–Delhi altitude-loss incident and reports naming Gebremariam as CEO, raising the focus on reliability and operational execution.

Leadership signals are accelerating, up +52400% QoQ.