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Indian Airlines was a state-owned airline in India that later became a division of Air India Limited before ultimately ceasing operations. It was based in Delhi and focused primarily on domestic routes, along with several international services to neighbouring countries in Asia and limited flights to the Middle East and Southeast Asia.
On 8 June 1962, the airline's name was officially truncated to Air India [2] and on 11 June 1962, Air India became the world's first all-jet airline. In 1971, the airline took delivery of its first Boeing 747-200B named Emperor Ashoka (registered VT-EBD ) [ 19 ] and introduced a new Palace in the Sky livery and branding.
The airline uses a two tone blue livery on a white background with the belly of the aircraft painted in Indigo with the logo in white. [49] The flight attendants wear a single-piece navy-blue tunic with a cap and a thin indigo belt. [50] The airline has the tagline on-time focusing on punctuality. [50]
Air India Limited is an Indian aviation holding company notably consisting of Air India and Air India Express headquartered in Gurugram, India. Its ownership is divided between Tata Group (74.9%) and Singapore Airlines (25.1%). On the anniversary of the airline's founder J. R. D. Tata's birth, its headquarters is in Gurugram [4] was inaugurated.
The Federation of Indian Airlines (FIA) is an airline industry body in India. Its members are IndiGo, SpiceJet and GoAir. [2] The functions of the FIA are carried out by an Executive Council composed of the heads of each of the member airlines. [1] The FIA was founded in 2006. Air India was a founding member of the body, but withdrew in 2014. [3]
Royal Indian Air Force was established on 8 October 1932 with the first squadron commissioned in April 1933. It later became the Indian Air Force in 1950 and is the major military air operator in India. Indian air force maintains a fleet of various aircraft and air bases across India.
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The busiest Indian airports (2015–16) Civil aviation in India, the world's third-largest civil aviation market as of 2020, [1] traces its origin back to 1911, when the first commercial civil aviation flight took off from a polo ground in Allahabad carrying mail across the Yamuna river to Naini.