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AIR INDIA |
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Date-wise Events |
- October 15, 1932 - Founded in 1932 by
J. R. D. Tata and later renamed as Tata Airlines; he
flew its first airplane on this day, carrying air
mail from Karachi to Bombay and later continuing to Madras
(currently Chennai).
- July 29, 1946 - After World War II,
regular commercial service was restored in India and Tata
Airlines became a public limited company under the name Air
India.
- June 08, 1948 -
First inter-nation service started on this day. The first aircraft to be commissioned in the inter-nation
service was christened 'Malabar Princess'.
- December 13, 1950 - an Air India DC-3
carrying 21 people (17 passengers and four crew), en route
from Bombay to Coimbatore, crashed into high ground near
Kotagiri due to a navigational error, killing all on board.
- September 15, 1951 - an Air India
Douglas C-47 Skytrain carrying 27 people (23 passengers and
four crew) en route from Bangalore to Trivandrum, crashed on
take-off killing a crew member.
- May 09, 1953 - an Air India Douglas
C-47 Skytrain carrying 18 people (13 passengers and five
crew) crashed after take-off from Delhi killing all on
board.
- August 25, 1953 - Govt. of India takes
over majority stake in Air India (Now it became Air
India International Ltd.)
- April 11, 1955 - Kashmir Princess,
carrying 19 people (11 passengers and 8 crew) was bombed in
mid-air, killing 16 of the 19 on board.
- July 19, 1959 - Rani of Aera, a
Lockheed L-1049G Super Constellation carrying 46 people (39
passengers and seven crew) crashed on approach to Santacruz
Airport in conditions of poor visibility due to rain. The
aircraft suffered damage beyond repair and was written off.
There were no fatalities.
- February 21, 1960 - it included its
first Boeing 707–420 named Gauri Shankar
and became the first Asian airline to induct a jet
aircraft in its fleet.
- May 14, 1960 - The airline inaugurated
services to New York.
- June 08, 1962 - the airline's name was
officially truncated to Air India.
- June 11, 1962 - Air India became the
world's first all-jet airline.
- June 21, 1982 - Air India Flight 403
Gouri Shankar, a Boeing 707–420 carrying 99 passengers and
12 crew from Kuala Lumpur to Bombay via Madras crashed
during landing at Sahar International Airport during a
rainstorm. The fuselage exploded and 17 people including two
crew members were killed.
- June 23, 1985 - Air India Flight 182
was an Air India flight operating on the Montreal,
Canada–London, UK–Delhi, India route. On this day, the
Boeing 747-237B "Emperor Kanishka" serving
the flight was destroyed by a bomb at an
altitude of 31,000 feet (9,400 m). It crashed
into the Atlantic Ocean while in Irish airspace. A total of
329 people were killed, the majority of the
victims were Canadian citizens of Indian ancestry. Canadian
law enforcement determined that the main suspects in the
bombing were members of the Sikh militant group
Babbar Khalsa.
- May 07, 1990 - Air India Flight 132
Emperor Vikramaditya, a Boeing 747-237B flying on the
London-Delhi-Bombay route carrying 215 people (195
passengers and 20 crew) caught fire on touch down at Delhi
airport due to a failure of an engine pylon to wing
attachment. There were no fatalities but the aircraft was
damaged beyond repair and written off.
- August 04, 1993 - Air India took the delivery of its
first Boeing 747–400 named Konark.
- April 01, 1996 - Air India Regional was
established as Alliance Air, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Indian Airlines.
- June 21, 1996 - Alliance Air started
its operations. It was renamed Air India Regional after the
merger between Air India and Indian Airlines.
- May 23, 2001 - the Ministry of Civil
Aviation charged Michael Mascarenhas, the
then-managing director, with corruption.
According to the ministry reports, the airline lost
approximately ₹570 million (US$8.5 million) because of extra
commissions that Mascarenhas sanctioned and he was later
suspended from the airline.
- April 29, 2005 - Air India Express
began operations on this day and was initially owned by Air
India Charters. It operates flights from South India to the
Middle East and Southeast Asia.
- January 11, 2006 - Air India announced
an order for 68 jets.
- May 15, 2007 - Air India refreshed its
livery, making the Rajasthani arches along the windows
slightly smaller, extending a stylised line from the tail of
the aircraft to the nose and painting the underbelly red.
The new logo features on the tail and the engine covers with
red and orange lines running parallel to each other from the
front door to the rear door.
- May 22, 2007 - Air India and Indian
Airlines unveiled their new livery consisting of a Flying
Swan with the wheel of Konark placed inside it.
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May 22, 2010 - Air India Express Boeing 737
went over a cliff and crashed upon landing at Mangalore,
India, killing 158 of the 166 people on board.
- July 26, 2007 - First Boeing 777-200LR
aircraft was delivered on this day, which was named
Andhra Pradesh.
- October 09, 2007 - Air India received
its first Boeing 777-300ER aircraft named as Bihar.
- September 06, 2012 - Air India received
its first Boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft.
- September 19, 2012 - Flights of its
first Boeing 787 dreamliner aircraft were commenced on this
day.
- April 24, 2014 - Air India issued a
tender for leasing 14 Airbus A320 aircraft for up to six
years, to strengthen its domestic network.
- July 11, 2014 - Air India became the
27th member of Star Alliance.
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Description |
Air India is the flag carrier airline of India and the third
largest airline in India in terms of passengers carried, after
IndiGo and Jet Airways.
It is owned by Air India Limited, a Government of India
enterprise and operates a fleet of Airbus and Boeing aircraft
serving 84 domestic and international destinations. It is
headquartered in New Delhi. Air India has its main hub at Indira
Gandhi International Airport, New Delhi and a secondary hub at
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai.
Air India's mascot is the Maharajah (Emperor) and the logo
consists of a flying Swan with the wheel of Konark inside it. |
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