India, March 19 -- The Air India crash and the Indigo mass cancellations and delays that shook India's aviation space last year have caused churn in the country's two leading airlines. While market leader IndiGo has bid farewell to its Dutch chief executive officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers, there are reports that Air India is looking to replace CEO Campbell Wilson. Such changes at the top may likely spur exits of other senior management executives - quite a few were brought in by the two expatriates, a common practice in other businesses also.

As the hunt for their replacements begins, civil aviation analysts and experts say they believe the carriers might be better off looking domestically, and not for expats, a trend that has marked leaders...