India safety head of Air Asia Sumant Mishra resigns; carrier refuses to confirm reports

Air Asia India, the Malaysian airline that began its operations just six months back, is rumoured to have see the first high level exit. The PTI reported that the India safety head Sumant Mishra resigned from the airlines. PTI quoted a source saying Mishra was now serving the mandatory six month notice period with the company and will remain with the carrier till January, 2015.

The source also told PTI, "The airline with just three months into operations, is in transition phase where a number of people are joining it and some may leave it as well. It has already found a replacement for Mishra and he will be joining as the head of safety very shortly."

However, AirAsia India CEO Mittu Chandilya said in a statement,  "Capt. Sumant Mishra is a dear friend and as such we don't discuss on our current employees. As we scale up our operations we would be building our scalability and strengthening our operations and changes are a critical part of the process . I am very excited about what we have planned for our operations and believe we would be continuing to develop the best class processes and systems. Sumant is one of the best persons we have and we are fortunate to have him with us and in a role that would continue to allow him to grow".

DNA got in touch with Air Asia, but the company did not confirm or deny the reports of the resignation. They merely said, that Sumant Sharma continues to serve the company as of now.