Air India
Air India (AI/AIC) (Hindi: एअर इंडिया) (officially known as Air India Air Transport Services Limited) is the national airline company of India. Air India is part of the National Aviation Company of India Limited
History
Air India was founded in 1932 under the name Tata Air Line by the company Tata Sons. In 1946 the name of the company changed to Air India International. Its name changed again in 1953, this time to the current name Air India. By that time Air India was owned by the government of India. From 1999 a lot of attempts were made to merge India Air and Indian Airlines. Air India kept its name regardless of the merge. Due to corruption and lack of funds, Air India merged with Tata Group, or Tata Sons in January 27th, 2022.
Accidents
- Jan. 1st, 1978. Air India Flight 855 crashed due to the pilot being Spatially Disoriented. All 213 are killed.
- 2010: Flight 812 goes beyond the runway and crashes. 160 people are killed.
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Air India Media
Airline bagagge label of Tata Sons/Tata Air Service/Tata Airlines as used in 1932.
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Air India became the first Asian carrier to induct a jet aircraft with the Boeing 707–420 Gauri Shankar (registered VT-DJJ)
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Air India Boeing 747-200B (registered VT-EGA). The airline operated 11 Boeing 747-200B aircraft in total.
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Air India Airbus A310-300. It sold three A300s in March 2009 due to debt.
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In January 2013, Air India cleared some of its debt by selling and leasing back the newly acquired Boeing 787 Dreamliners. Also, the airline posted its first positive EBITDA after almost six years
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Air India joined the Star Alliance in 2014. Pictured is Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner (VT-ANU) in special Star Alliance livery.
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Airbus A310 (registered VT-EJH) part of the now defunct Air India Cargo.
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Air India's first A350 alongside its future companion, the Boeing 777X that the airline has ordered in early 2023 during the Paris Air Show.
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New Airbus A320 safety instruction booklet
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The Air India Memorial in Toronto, Ontario, Canada dedicated to the victims of Air India Flight 182