After Tata Sons won the bid to acquire national carrier Air India, the group's chairman emeritus Ratan Tata on Friday tweeted a vintage photograph of the company's former chairman JRD Tata stepping down from an Air India flight.

"The Tata Group winning the bid for Air India is great news! While admittedly it will take considerable effort to rebuild Air India. It will hopefully provide a very strong market opportunity to the Tata Group's presence in the aviation industry," said Ratan Tata in a press statement.