It may help explain why the Tata Group turned to him to run Air India. Tata owns about 75% of Air India, with Singapore Airlines owning the rest. Air India and Ethiopian Airlines did not respond to emails seeking comment, and Tewolde did not respond to a message sent on LinkedIn. Tewolde is no stranger to India, having run Ethiopian's India and Southeast Asia business from Mumbai in the mid-1990s. A new testAt Air India, Tewolde inherits a larger, more complex company.