Air India relaunches mobile app with India-specific payments and in-house booking engine

Tata-owned Air India revamped its app with India-tuned payment orchestration, flight-disruption support, and a proprietary booking engine, part of a post-acquisition overhaul spanning 140+ digital systems. The app has 17 million downloads and 100,000 daily users.

— Filed Thu, 16 Jul, 2026, 13:55 IST · Source Business Standard · Companies · Updated

Air India, owned by Tata Group, revamped its mobile app with India-specific payment orchestration, flight-disruption support, and an in-house booking engine, part of its post-acquisition digital transformation across 140+ systems.

Why this matters

The app relaunch extends Tata's post-acquisition modernization, following moves like dropping fuel surcharges to cut long-haul fares and waiving sports gear handling fees, all sharpening Air India's customer-facing digital and pricing edge.

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