Vinod Kannan is an Indian businessman. He is the CEO of

Vistara Tata SIA Airlines Limited, operating as Vistara, is an Indian full-service airline, based in Gurugram, with its hub at Indira Gandhi International Airport. The carrier, a joint venture between Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines, commenced operat ...

Airlines.

Early life and education

Kannan did a master's degree in Business Administration from the

National University of Singapore The National University of Singapore (NUS) is a national public research university in Singapore. Founded in 1905 as the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Government Medical School, NUS is the oldest autonomous university in the c ...

and

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

Career

Kannan had worked with

Singapore Airlines Singapore Airlines (abbreviation: SIA) is the flag carrier airline of the Republic of Singapore with its Airline hub, hub located at Singapore Changi Airport. The airline is notable for highlighting the Singapore Girl as its central figure in ...

(SIA) for over twenty years. In June 2019, he joined

as the Chief Strategy Officer. In January 2020, he became the Chief Commercial Officer of Vistara. In January 2022, he has become the controversial chief executive officer of

. One month after taking over as Vistara CEO Kannan apologised for falling standards. In a widely circulated email, he said, "Knowing that you have been inconvenienced and disappointed with our services has been heartbreaking for me and the entire Vistara family." By all accounts nothing has changed with passengers complaining about complaints going unanswered, plus rude and difficult-to-access customer relations staff.

References

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