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Wilson took charge in September 2022, when the airline came back with the Tata Group after privatisation.
Air India Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Campbell Wilson has resigned. News agency ANI gave this information on Tuesday quoting sources. It has been said in many media reports that Air India has also started the search for a new CEO.
According to sources, Wilson may leave his post in September. His resignation has been accepted in the company’s board meeting held last week. Wilson was appointed CEO and Managing Director (MD) of Air India in September 2022. His contract was for 5 years, till July 2027.
According to reports, the airline will appoint a new CEO after the final investigation report of the Ahmedabad plane crash comes. The Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau (AAIB) released a preliminary report of the accident on 12 July 2025. The final report may come in June 2026.
Air India started searching for new CEO from January
Air India has not made any official comment on Wilson’s resignation. However, sources say that Air India is in high level talks with potential candidates for the new CEO. An important meeting is also going to be held in this regard next week.
According to the claim, the company had started the search for a new CEO in January itself, when Wilson had hinted at leaving the post after the end of his contract. Wilson has more than 30 years of aviation experience and has worked with both full-service and low-cost airlines.
Wilson started as a management trainee in 1996
Before joining Air India, Wilson was the CEO of low cost airline Scoot. This company is a low-cost subsidiary of Singapore Airlines. Wilson holds a Master of Commerce (First Class Honours) in Business Administration from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand.
He started his career in 1996 as a Management Trainee with Singapore Airlines in New Zealand. He then worked for SIA in Canada, Hong Kong and Japan. Returned to Singapore in 2011 and served as the founding CEO of Scoot.
He remained on this post till 2016. After this he worked as Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at SIA. Then in April 2020, he again became the CEO of Scoot. After two years he joined Air India.
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