Air India

  • Founded by J. R. D. Tata in 1932 i.e. on 15 October 1932 as Tata Airlines
  • Tata Airlines became a public limited company on 29 July 1946 under the name Air India.
  • On 8 June 1962, the airline's name was officially truncated to Air India.
  • In 1971, the airline took delivery of its first Boeing 747-200B named Emperor Ashoka.
  • In 1994 the airline was registered as Air India Ltd. 
  • In 2007, the Government of India announced that Air India would be merged with Indian Airlines.

Primary Hub – Indira Gandhi International Airport (Delhi) 

Secondary Hub – Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport (Mumbai)


Awards and recognitions
  • Preferred International Airline for travel and hospitality from Awaz Consumer Awards (2006)
  • Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative by Galileo Express Travel World
  • Best Short-Haul International Airline by Galileo Express Travel World
  • Amity Corporate Excellence Award by Amity University 
  • Reader's Digest Trusted Brand
  • Dun and Bradstreet Award (D&B), first in terms of revenue out of the top airline companies out of India
  • Best South Asian Airline, Mice and business travel publications
  • Cargo Airline of the Year, 26th Cargo Airline of the Year Awards
  • The Montreal Protocol Public Awareness Award by the United Nations for environmental protection
  • Air India was named India's most trusted airline by The Brand Trust Report 2015.
  • Air India was chosen as India's Most Reputed Airline in a consumer and media research in July 2016 by Bluebytes News and TRA Research 
  • Air India's ground services became the first ground service provider to acquire ISO 9002 certification on 31 January 2001.
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