Mumbai, June 20 -- Air India chief executive officer Campbell Wilson has assured employees that the airline will learn from the tragic plane crash that killed over 240 people on 12 June and emerge stronger.

In a letter to employees, Wilson reaffirmed that Singapore Airlines, which owns 25.1% of the company, continues to support the airline."This has been a tragic event, and we will learn whatever we can from it so that we are stronger in the future," Wilson wrote in an email on Friday to over 30,000 airline employees. "However, our aim in every respect, be it safety, quality, service, scale, reach, professionalism or any other dimension, remains the same if not higher than before."

"We continue to have the full support of both sharehold...