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Air India 777-300ER VT-ALL
An Air India airplane at Narita International Airport.

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.

Accidents

  • 2010: Flight 812 goes beyond the runway and crashes. 160 people are killed.


Images for kids

  • TataAirlinesLogo

    Tata Air Service

  • Tata Sons' Airline Timetable Image, Summer 1935 (interior)

    Tata Sons' Airline Timetable Image, Summer 1935

  • Air India International 1948 stamp of India

    Air India International 1948 stamp of India

  • Boeing 707-437, Air-India AN2227437

    Air India became the first Asian carrier to induct a jet aircraft, with the Boeing 707-420 Gauri Shankar

  • Caribjet (Air India) Airbus A310-300 Durand

    Air India Airbus A310-300. It sold three A300s in March 2009 due to debts

  • Air India Boeing 787-8 on final into LHR

    Air India joined the Star Alliance in 2014. Pictured is Air India Boeing 787 Dreamliner (VT-ANU) in special Star Alliance livery.

  • Air India 001

    An Air India Boeing 747-400 aircraft used as Air India One

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