Months of secret talks mark Air India's gigantic plane deal, with curries from Goa and Kerala highlighting celebratory dinner
15 Feb 2023
Deal took months to finalise; negotiators camped out at luxury Tata-owned London hotel St James' Court, a stone's throw from Buckingham Palace; talks led by Air India's chief commercial and transformation officer, Nipun Aggarwal, and Yogesh Agarwal, head of aircraft acquisitions, often stretched into the night with sellers churning out new "best offers" fuelled by room service.