I am shocked to learn of İlker Aycı's appointment as @airindiain's new CEO. He is a controversial figure from an unfriendly country - Turkey. A thread on him 👇
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He is known for his closeness to the Turkish dictator @RTErdogan's son, Bilal Erdoğan. Since becoming the board chairman of @TurkishAirlines in 2015, he filled it with graduates from Kartal İmam Hatip High School, an Islamic school in Istanbul which Bilal also attended.
I and my wife arrived at 12:30 PM on Saturday, 21st March at Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport after a 14 hours flight. It took us nearly 24 hours to go through two stages of medical screening and immigration clearance.
There was total chaos at the airport. At this time of a global pandemic when social distancing is absolutely necessary, hundreds of arriving passengers from different incoming flights were made to stand in a crowd and mismanagement meant that they were heckling their way through.