Lessons from India’s worst air disaster involving Air India must redefine aviation in the world’s fastest-growing market, writes Manish Pant. Perhaps no other airline in the history of civil aviation has captured the imagination of its country of origin as much as Air India. In a country where only 4 per cent travel by air, the brand has always evoked a strong sense of aspiration and ownership since its founding in 1932. In the post-independence era, as the country struggled to grow enough food for its growing population, the legendary JRD Tata create done of the finest homegrown brands the...