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Air India even included original artwork from India; [7] the renowned artist Shanti Dave painted murals at booking offices in the 1950's and 1960's, including in New York, Los Angeles, Rome, Sydney, and Perth. [8] [6] Flag carriers' offices often promoted travel to their home country in general; some even sold souvenirs. [2]
The centrally air-conditioned building was the first in India to have an escalator, carrying customers from the street-level to the airline's main booking office. [5] It initially had 30 companies as tenants, now it has only 2. [ 1 ]
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. [125] Alliance Air was a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian Airlines established on 1 April 1996.
The first computerized booking system was the little-known Trans-Canada Air Lines (today's Air Canada) system, ReserVec developed by Ferranti Canada. It started to be delivered in April 1961 and by January 24, 1963 completed the airline switch-over from the manual systems.
Air India Express is an Indian low-cost airline and a wholly owned subsidiary of Indian flag carrier airline Air India. [6] Currently, it is headquartered in Gurgaon , Haryana . [ 3 ] [ 7 ] The airline operates more than 2000 flights per week to 45 destinations across India, the Middle East and Southeast Asia . [ 8 ]
Air India is the flag carrier of India, and was founded by JRD Tata of Tata Sons. It is based in New Delhi, and currently operates hubs in Delhi, Mumbai, and Bengaluru, with various focus cities across India. [1] Air India commenced operations on 29 July 1946, operating under the Government of India.
As of March 2025, Air India Express serves 54 destinations — 37 in India and 17 international destinations. [1] [2]The state with the most destinations is Kerala with 4, followed by Tamil Nadu & Uttar Pradesh with 3 destinations each.
Air India: AI AIC AIRINDIA 1932 Delhi, Mumbai: 94: 210: 359 Full Service flag carrier of India Air India Express: IX AXB EXPRESS INDIA 2005 Kochi: 54: 98: 153 Low cost carrier, subsidiary of Air India: Akasa Air: QP AKJ AKASA AIR 2021 Bengaluru, Mumbai: 27: 27: 199 Low cost carrier IndiGo: 6E IGO IFLY 2006 Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Hyderabad ...