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Vijay Mallya said on Wednesday he was in talks with a foreign carrier to sell a stake in his ailing Kingfisher Airlines after the government relaxed foreign investment rules. “Yes, we are in talks,” Mallya told media in Bangalore ahead of Kingfisher’s annual shareholders meeting, but declining to give any names.
The flamboyant Mallya, who has not paid staff full salaries since April, has repeatedly said he has had interest from foreign airlines, but some analysts have questioned whether any investors would be prepared to put money into the group.