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1 History

It was set up on June 15, 1953 after legislation came into force to nationalise the entire airline industry in India. Two new national airlines were to be formed along the same lines as happened in Britain with BOAC and BEA. Air India International took over international routes and Indian Airlines Corporation took over the domestic and regional routes.

Eight former independent domestic airlines; Deccan Airways, Airways - India, Bharat Airways, Himalayan Aviation, Kalinga Air Lines, Indian National Airways, Air India, Air Services of India, were merged to form the new domestic national carrier. Indian Airlines Corporation inherited a large fleet of 74 DC-3 Dakotas, 12 Vikings, 3 DC-4s and various smaller types from the 8 airlines that made it up. Viscounts were introduced in 1957 with Fokker F-27 Friendships being delivered from 1961.

The jet age began for IAC with the introduction of the pure-jet Caravelle airliner in 1964. The 1960s also saw Hawker Siddeley 748 twins, manufactured in India. In the 1970s, Airbus A300 wide-body jets were introduced. Boeing 737-200s were also used. By 1990Events January January 3 Former leader of Panama Manuel Noriega surrenders to American forces. January 7 The Leaning Tower of Pisa is closed to the public due to safety concerns. January 9 Lt Gen Bazilio Olara Okello The man who led the coup aginst Dr Apo, Airbus A320s were in use.

Recently, competition on internal routes has been growing with the formation of a number of private airlines, the most successful of which has been Jet AirwaysJet Airways (established May 5, 1993) is a domestic airline in India. It is the largest private airline in India. It uses the IATA call code 9W. About the airline It operates over 250 flights to 44 destinations across the country. Jet is generally thought.

2 Destinations

It flies to 64 domestic and 16 international destinations offering 35,000 seats per day and is India's largest airline. The Indian Airlines international network covers the following destinations :

• West Asia
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    • Dubai
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  • Doha, Qatar
  • Bahrain
• South East Asia
  • Bangkok, Thailand
  • Singapore
  • Yangon, Myanmar
  • Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• South Asian Sub-Continent
  • Lahore, Pakistan
  • Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Maldives

It is fully owned by the Government of India and employs around 19,600 employees. Its annual turn-over, together with that of its subsidiary Alliance Air, is well over Rs.4000 crores (around US$ 1 billion). Together with its subsidiary Alliance Air, Indian Airlines carries a total of over 7.5 million passengers annually.