Air India is scouting for a successor to lead the airline after its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Managing Director (MD) Campbell Wilson formally resigned on Tuesday.  

The Air India Board has constituted a committee to find a successor to Wilson in the coming months. He will continue to remain as the airline’s chief until a successor is appointed, it said.  

His resignation comes at a time when the airline has come under scrutiny following the crash that killed 260 people in Ahmedabad last year. 

Air India continues to post mounting losses even as it presses on with an ambitious fleet expansion, network growth and service overhaul. 

Wilson had conveyed his intention to step down in 2026 to Air India Chairman N. Chandrasekaran in 2024, Air India said in a statement.