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Air India became the first Asian airline to operate freighters when Air India Cargo was set up in 1954 and started its freighter operations with a Douglas DC-3 aircraft. [16] Air India Cargo ended freighter aircraft operations in early 2012. [124] Alliance Air was a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines established on 1 April 1996.
It was renamed as Air India Limited on 26 October 2010. [6] Air India Limited was privatized through its sale to the Tata Group. On 8 October 2021 Tata Sons paid ₹ 180 billion (US$2.1 billion) to Government of India and Tata will also assume ₹ 153 billion (US$1.8 billion) of Air India Limited's debt as per the transfer deal.
As of January 2025, Air India operates a fleet of both narrow-body and wide-body aircraft with a fleet consisting of Airbus A319, A320, A320neo, A321, A321neo, A350 as well as the Boeing 777 and Boeing 787, making for a total of 202 aircraft.
This article lists airline mergers and acquisitions, with a brief history of each: Air India. 2007 - Merged with Indian Airlines. [1] Kept Air India name. 2022 - Acquires Vistara; Air Berlin. 2006 - Acquired dba; 2007 - Acquired LTU International; 2009 - Acquired LGW; 2009 - Acquired Belair; 2011 - Acquired flyNiki; 2017 - Filed for insolvency ...
The air arms of the armed forces are the Indian Air Force (IAF), commanded by the Chief of Air Staff, and the Indian Naval Air Arm, Army Aviation Corps, and Indian Coast Guard aviation are the agencies involved in the military aviation in India. The Indian Air Force is divided into five operational and two functional commands with bases or ...
Air India Flight 403 crashed at Sahar International Airport in Bombay due to heavy weather. Two crew members and 15 passengers died; 94 survived. 17 94 November 26, 1981 Air India Flight 224 from Salisbury, Rhodesia to Bombay was hijacked at Mahe Airport, Seychelles by mercenaries fleeing an abortive coup while on a refueling stop. The B707-300 ...
Started Operations in 1926 as Pitcairn Aviation. Until 1930 changed to "Eastern Air Transport" then Eastern Air Lines until 1991. Re-established in 2015 until 2017. Brand relaunched again in 2018. Northwest Airlines: September 10, 1926: January 31, 2010 United States: Merged with Delta Air Lines. Colonial Air Transport: 1926: 1930 United States
This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).