AI were told they do not meet the" Minimum Joining Conditions". Nothing to do with the standards. There are airlines in *A who are equal if not worse than AI.
It is a big blow to AI. They were really banking on joining *A and increasing their revenues. But then again joining an alliance does only a small part in enhancing revenues. There are a lot of things in AI that need to change for its Turn around plan to work.
STAR ALLIANCE AND AIR INDIA PUT AIR INDIA'S ALLIANCE MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ON HOLD - Star Alliance
NEW DELHI, India - July 31st, 2011 - The member airlines of the Star Alliance network and Air India have jointly concluded that the integration of Air India into the global airline alliance will be suspended. This is due to the fact that Air India has not met the minimum joining conditions that were contractually agreed in December 2007.
Following a recent review of the status of Air India's application at a meeting held between the Indian Ministry for Civil Aviation, Star Alliance CEO, Jaan Albrecht and the Air India CMD, Arvind Jadhav, the decision to suspend has received subsequent confirmation by the Star Alliance Chief Executive Board.
Star Alliance CEO, Jaan Albrecht said: "With the collective decision to put the integration efforts on hold today we aim to contribute to Air India's flexibility to concentrate on its ongoing strategic reorientation. In this process our member carriers will continue to provide assistance to Air India wherever required."
Existing bilateral relationships with Star Alliance member airlines are not affected by this decision, which also leaves room to discuss a potential Alliance membership at a future stage, if deemed appropriate by both parties.
Unless AI does something drastic to change its current situation its bye bye *A and also it would be bye bye Indian for *A as well. The Govt would at no cost allow another Pvt airline to be past of *A in the near future